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- adjective
neuroprotective - noun
neuroprotector
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Examples
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The latest findings leave the human hormone progesterone, now being tested in a nationwide study, as perhaps the leading therapy being evaluated as a possible "neuroprotectant," a chemical that can preserve brain function.
Saline Fluid Fails in Brain Therapy Thomas M. Burton 2010
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Ye says many experimental "neuroprotectant" drugs have been unsuccessful in clinical trials for diseases such as stroke and Parkinson's over the last decade.
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Ye says many experimental "neuroprotectant" drugs have been unsuccessful in clinical trials for diseases such as stroke and Parkinson's over the last decade.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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"The scientists begin by inserting" neuroprotectant "genes, such as estrogen, into a modified version of herpes simplex virus.
Warren Ellis 2009
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Perhaps Dimebon "— the trade name under which Pfizer and the biotech company Medivation are developing dimebolin —" is such a potent neuroprotectant that doubling the amyloid concentration is still completely neutralized.
Are We Taking the Wrong Approach to Curing Alzheimer’s? 2009
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Coenzyme Q10:A review of its promise as a neuroprotectant.
The UltraMind Solution M.D. Mark Hyman 2009
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The US Federal government even patented the antioxidant and neuroprotectant effects of cannabinoids in 2003 in US Patent #6,630,507; of special importance is CBD, as it can attenuate THC's effects.
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New research on the properties of the clot-busting stroke drug tPA (tissue-type plasminogen activator) suggests that tPA can act as a neuroprotectant and may form the keystone of an adaptive response to a reduction in blood flow.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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New research on the properties of the clot-busting stroke drug tPA (tissue-type plasminogen activator) suggests that tPA can act as a neuroprotectant and may form the keystone of an adaptive response to a reduction in blood flow.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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More information: Tissue-type plasminogen activator is a neuroprotectant in the murine hippocampus.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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