PREVENTIVE FOR CEREBRAL STROKE RECURRENCE

摘要

The invention provides a novel cerebral stroke recurrence inhibitor, and relates to a simple evaluation method for an cerebral stroke recurrence inhibitor. According to the simple evaluation method using stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive (SHR-SP) rats, which has been established by the present inventors, it has been confirmed that atorvastatin is effective for preventing cerebral stroke recurrence, for relieving cerebral stroke recurrence-accompanied neurologic symptoms, and for improving survival rate after onset of the stroke. Accordingly, atorvastatin is useful as an cerebral stroke recurrence inhibitor.