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Reemergence of Stroke Deficits With Midazolam Challenge
Author(s) -
Ronald M. Lazar,
BrianFred Fitzsimmons,
Randolph S. Marshall,
Mitchell F. Berman,
Maria A. Bustillo,
William L. Young,
J. P. Mohr,
Jinesh N. Shah,
Julie V. Robinson
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/hs0102.101222
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , midazolam , aphasia , hemiparesis , anesthesia , sedation , neglect , surgery , psychiatry , lesion , mechanical engineering , engineering
Patients who have sustained a neurological injury and then improved may experience transient reemergence of their syndromes when given benzodiazepines. As a step toward assessing whether neurotransmitter systems underlie poststroke clinical improvement, we selected midazolam, a gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) (GABA(A)) agonist, for systemic administration to measure general or stroke-specific effects in patients.

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