Evidence that a positive modulator of AMPA-type glutamate receptors improves delayed recall in aged humans

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-92

  Lynch, Gary ^a   Granger, Richard ^a   Ambros Ingerson, Jose ^a   Davis, C Mike ^a   Kessler, Markus ^a   Schehr, Robert ^a  

^a Cortex Pharmaceuticals Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 0031148706     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6447     Document Type: Article

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