Brain enhancers

Meletis, C. and Barker, J.E., Herbs and Nutrients for the Mind A Guide to Natural Brain Enhancers, Praeger Publishers, CT, 2004. 

W. R. Anderson, J. W. Simpkins, M. E. Brewster, and N. Bodor, Brain-enhanced delivery of testosterone using a chemical delivery system complexed with 2-hydroxy-propyl-P-cyclodextrin, Drug Des. Del. 2 287 (1988). 

J. W. Simpkins, W. R. Anderson, R. Dawson, Jr., and N. Bodor, Effects of a brain-enhanced chemical delivery system for estradiol on body weight and food intake in intact and ovariectomized rats, Pharrn. Res. 6 592 (1989). 

G Rordorf, Y Uemura, JV Bonventre. Characterization of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity in gerbil brain enhanced activities of cytosolic, mitochondrial, and microsomal forms after ischemia and reperfusion. JNeurosci 11 1829-1836, 1991. 

ApoE is the most well characterized genetic risk factor of AD. Evidence indicates that endogenous apoE in mouse brain enhances Ap deposition in APP animal models (Bales et al., 1999 Sadowski et al., 2004). Tg2576 mice lacking mouse apoE exhibit diminished compact plaque deposition, while diffuse... 

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The mechanism of action of intravenous anaesthetics is thought to be by enhancement of inhibitory pathways or inhibition of excitatory pathways in the brain. Enhancement of the actions of GABA or inhibition at glutamate receptors seems most important, although modulation of other receptors may play a role as well. 

The CTA protocol described in this chapter was designed to provide diagnostically useful information about both the vascular and parenchymal phases of brain enhancement. The administration of contrast serves two purposes first, to visualize acute clot in the MCA, distal internal carotid artery (ICA), basilar artery, and other major circle of Willis vessels (Fig. 4.1) and second, to better delineate potentially salvageable, underperfused, ischemic areas of the brain that are at risk for full infarction if circulation is not restored. More specifically, this includes those areas with a relative lack of contrast enhancement on CTA source images (CTA-Sl). Moreover, CTA-Sl can also be of value in suggesting otherwise unsuspected... 

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