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ReviewFrontiers in human neuroscience2026

Post-stroke spasticity: advances in network mechanisms and therapeutics.

Wei Yao, Yuanbin Yang, Zhiyi Wang, Longyue Yi, Deya Daneva, Zhuangwei Fang, Keyun Gan, Zhiqi Lin

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Review in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Wei YaoDepartment of First Rehabilitation Medicine, Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yuanbin YangDepartment of First Rehabilitation Medicine, Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhiyi WangDepartment of First Rehabilitation Medicine, Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Longyue YiDepartment of First Rehabilitation Medicine, Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Deya DanevaDepartment of First Rehabilitation Medicine, Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhuangwei FangDepartment of First Rehabilitation Medicine, Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Keyun GanDepartment of First Rehabilitation Medicine, Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhiqi LinDepartment of First Rehabilitation Medicine, Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spasticity is one of the common complications of stroke, causing serious adverse effects for patients. However, comprehensive descriptions of the PSS network mechanism are currently lacking. This paper expounds on the mechanisms underlying post-stroke spasticity from multiple perspectives, including central nervous system networks, neurotransmitter networks, pain networks, and myofascial networks, as well as the brain-gut axis and brain-muscle axis networks. It summarizes emerging treatment approaches in recent years, providing a reference for clinical treatment and rehabilitation.

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complicationnetwork mechanismsspasticitystroketherapeutics

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PMID42856992
PMCPMC13650562

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