Therapy of poststroke cognitive impairment

Abstract

The main issues of poststroke cognitive impairment’s etiology and pathogenesis are considered in this article. Historical stages of the poststroke dementia definition are presented. Approaches to prevention and therapeutic correction of poststroke cognitive impairment are discussed. Opportunities of neurotrophic therapy by the example of citicoline are considered.

Keywords

• cognitive impairment
• poststroke cognitive impairment
• vascular cognitive impairment
• dementia
• poststroke dementia
• prevention
• treatment
• citicoline