Saturday, December 13, 2008

NMDA antagonists

The neural receptors N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) play an important role in the process of memory. It seems that when Alzheimer's disease these receptors are hyperstimulés, which would be deleterious. Memantine is an NMDA inhibitor that has been tested with contradictory results on the signs of the disease. It is for intermediate or advanced stages.

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