Therapeutic Applications of Citicoline for Stroke and Cognitive Dysfunction in the Elderly: A Review of the Literature

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-31

  Conant, Richard ^a   Schauss, Alexander G ^a,b,c  

^a Life Sciences Division   (United States)

^b National College of Natural Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; CITICOLINE; CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LD 50; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEUROPROTECTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; STOMACH PAIN; STROKE; TACHYCARDIA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE CHOLINE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NOOTROPIC AGENTS;

EID: 1642366716     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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