Memantine: Reality and Potentiality

Memantine protects cultured neurons from excitotoxin-induced cell-death; it attenuated loss of cholinergic neurons in the CNS induced by injection of NMDA into the basal forebrain of rats. It has been shown that memantine induced production of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a substance sh...

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Main Authors: Rodolfo M. Antonello, Davide Manganaro, Luca Zanet, Paola Torre, Cristina Vilotti, Rita Moretti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AboutScience Srl 2008-01-01
Series:Drug Target Insights
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Online Access:http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=771