[Noninvasive brain stimulation in the rehabilitation of patients with post-stroke aphasia].

Over the past decade, non-invasive brain stimulation, in particular transcranial stimulation by direct electric current (TES), has been increasingly included in the array of methods used for rehabilitation of patients with post-stroke impairments (motor, speech, cognitive). Development of stimulation protocols with determination of the zones of exposure, as well as better understanding of the patterns of restoration of functional systems, became possible due to basic research using functional MRI paradigm. However, the complexity of the organization of the speech system, the variety of forms of aphasia that occur when it is damaged, the individual variability of neuroplastic processes, motivated a search for optimal stimulation protocols that contribute to the personification of the rehabilitation process.

[The efficacy of recognan in the early stage of ischemic stroke].

Aim: To assess the efficacy and safety of recognan in patients with acute ischemic stroke (IS).

Material And Methods: Seventy-nine patients, aged from 30 to 80 years, were examined in the early stage of IS. All patients received recognan (citicoline) in dose of 1000 mg/daily during 15 days.

[Multicenter observational program for evaluation of the effectiveness of the recognan (citicoline) in the correction of cognitive impairment in patients with chronic cerebrovascular pathology].

Aim: To study the efficacy and safety of recognan (citicoline) in the treatment of cognitive and depressive disorders in chronic cerebrovascular pathology (chronic brain ischemia) developed in patients with arterial hypertension and/or atherosclerosis.

Material And Methods: Seven hundred and thirty-six patients with cerebrovascular pathology, cognitive impairment and mild dementia were examined. The sample included 279 (37.