| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T1 |
0-158 |
DRI_Challenge |
denotes |
Therapeutically relevant plasma concentrations of memantine produce significant L-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor occupation and do not impair learning in rats. |
| T2 |
159-397 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
Subchronic treatment with memantine using osmotic pumps in male rats was used to verify whether plasma levels significantly blocking L-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors (and shown previously to be neuroprotective) may impair learning. |
| T3 |
398-498 |
DRI_Unspecified |
denotes |
Treatment with 6.27, 12.5 and 18.8 mg/rat/day provided plasma levels of 1.03+/-0.08, 5.07+/-0.68 and |
| T4 |
499-522 |
Token_Label.OUTSIDE |
denotes |
11.68+/-0.90 micromol/l |
| T5 |
522-523 |
DRI_Unspecified |
denotes |
. |
| T6 |
524-633 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
Only the lowest plasma level is therapeutically relevant and has previously been shown to be neuroprotective. |
| T7 |
634-722 |
DRI_Outcome |
denotes |
Significant deficits in a passive avoidance task were only observed at the highest dose. |
| T8 |
723-883 |
DRI_Approach |
denotes |
Working memory, tested as spontaneous alternation in the cross maze, was impaired by the middle and highest doses, and these doses also induced hyperlocomotion. |
| T9 |
884-997 |
DRI_Outcome |
denotes |
Microdialysis experiments with in-vivo recovery (27.4%) showed that infusion of memantine at 6.27 mg/rat/day (ca. |
| T10 |
998-1039 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
23 mg/kg/day) produced a concentration of |
| T11 |
1040-1056 |
Token_Label.OUTSIDE |
denotes |
990+/-105 nmol/l |
| T12 |
1057-1080 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
in extracellular fluid. |
| T13 |
1081-1286 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
In-vivo NMDA receptor occupancy experiments demonstrated significant, dose-dependent receptor occupancy of 32.7 and 65.7% by memantine at the doses producing 1 and 5 micromol/l plasma levels, respectively. |
| T14 |
1287-1460 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
Moreover, acute administration (2.5 mg/kg intraperitoneally) of memantine to mature female rats produced approximately two-fold higher plasma levels than in young male rats. |
| T15 |
1461-1738 |
DRI_Challenge |
denotes |
In conclusion, a dose of memantine which produces a plasma level (1 micromol/l) within the therapeutic range, reported previously to be neuroprotective, leads to intracellular brain levels similar to the affinity of memantine for NMDA receptors (receptor binding, patch clamp). |
| T16 |
1739-1851 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
This has been also extended by the experiments showing that at this plasma concentration, memantine occupies ca. |
| T17 |
1852-1921 |
DRI_Outcome |
denotes |
30% NMDA receptors in the brain and produces no cognitive impairment. |