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Interneuron preclinical data

November 21, 1994 8:00 AM UTC

At the meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Miami, IPIC (Lexington, Mass.) reported that cognitively impaired rats treated with dihydrexidine showed improved function in a model of passive avoidance that reflects aspects of learning and memory function.

Treated animals also showed increased brain levels of acetylcholine, a transmitter depleted in Alzheimer's disease. ...