Role of sodium channel inhibition in neuroprotection: effect of vinpocetine.(on regional cerebral blood flow)

Alternative Medicine Review | February 1, 2001| | Copyright

Role of sodium channel inhibition in neuroprotection: effect of vinpocetine. Bonoczk P, Gulyas B, Adam-Vizi V, et al. Brain Res Bull 2000;53:245-254.

Vinpocetine (ethyl apovincaminate) discovered during the late 1960s has successfully been used in the treatment of central nervous system disorders of cerebrovascular origin for decades. The increase in the regional cerebral blood flow in response to vinpocetine administration is well established and strengthened by new diagnostical techniques (transcranial Doppler, near infrared spectroscopy, positron emission ...

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