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Objective To observe the effects of anti depression therapy on post stroke and neurological rehabilitation in the elderly. Methods There were 178 post stroke depression (PSD) cases. They were divided into 3 groups: 64 cases taking Prozac once every morning about 20 80 mg daily; 58 cases taking amitriptyline twice everyday about 50 100 mg daily and 56 cases taking placebo as control group. All of them were on the regular treatment of cerebrovascular disease. All the cases were evaluated according to the HAMD score, neurological function impairment and ADL before treatment and 1 st , 2 nd , 4 th , 8 th week and 3 rd , 6 th , 12 th month after the treatment. Results At the 2 nd week, HAMD score dropped obviously from 27 7?6 9 to 17 3?5 9 in Prozac group, from 26 9? 6 9 to 15 7?4 2 in amitriptyline group, with significant difference vs pre treatment and the control groups ( P
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Objective To explore the change of focal cerebral blood flow (rCBF) after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in rats and the role of intervention with Nimodipine.Methods 72 SD rats were randomly divided into three groups: ICH group, Nimodipine treatment group and normal control group. The rat models of ICH were made by Nath modified method. The rats in Nimodipine group and in normal control group were received Nimodipine (1mg/kg) and same amount of normal saline intraperitoneally, retrospectively. The rCBF was measured by hydrogen cleaning method at 1 h, 4 h, 24 h and 48 h after ICH and compared with normal control group. Results Compared with normal control group, the rCBF was reduced remarkably in the hemorrhagic ipsolateral cortical and basilar ganglia regions at 1h and 48 h after ICH (all P