Fluoxetine Maintains a State of Heightened Responsiveness to Motor Training Early After Stroke in a Mouse Model [Basic Sciences]

Conclusions— There is a gradient of diminishing responsiveness to motor training over the first week after stroke. Fluoxetine can overcome this gradient and maintain maximal levels of responsiveness to training even 7 days after stroke.

http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/short/46/10/2951?rss=1

Source: Stroke - September 28, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Ng, K. L., Gibson, E. M., Hubbard, R., Yang, J., Caffo, B., O'Brien, R. J., Krakauer, J. W., Zeiler, S. R. Tags: Animal models of human disease, Behavioral Changes and Stroke, Other Stroke Treatment - Medical Basic Sciences Source Type: research