[The use of lucetam for improvement of cognitive functions in chronic cerebrovascular insufficiency (clinical and encephalographic study)]

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One hundred and ninety-three patients, aged 35-60 years, with chronic cerebrovascular insufficiency of I and II stage have been studied. It has been shown that memory and attention disturbances at stage I are of pseudomnemonic character. At stage II, the syndrome of mild cognitive impairment is formed first with the following formation of the moderate one. After the treatment with lucetam, the overall improvement as measured by neurophysiological testing was observed in 64% of patients, the memory improvement - in 18%, the attention improvement - in 10% and no positive effect was found in 8%. The significant improvement of cognitive functioning was correlated with positive changes of brain neurodynamics in the EEG study.

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Author/s: Bugrova, S G (SG); Novikov, A E (AE);

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Publication Type: Comparative Study; English Abstract; Journal Article

Journal: Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova / Ministerstvo zdravookhraneniia i meditsinskoi promyshlennosti Rossiiskoi Federatsii, Vserossiiskoe obshchestvo nevrologov [i] Vserossiiskoe obshchestvo psikhiatrov (Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova), published in Russia (Federation). (Language: rus)

Reference: 2007-; vol 107 (issue 4) : pp 44-8

Dates: Created 2008/04/01; Completed 2008/08/26;

PMID: 18379503, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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