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Serial Testing in Assessing the Effect of Meclofenoxate on Patients with Memory Defects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. E. Oliver
Affiliation:
Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex
Mary Restell
Affiliation:
Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex

Extract

Meclofenoxate (Lucidril), a synthetic substance related to plant auxins, is claimed to cause an increase in the glucose uptake of the mouse brain, and to influence the EEG tracings of rats deprived of oxygen (Nickel, et al., 1963). Other animal experiments show Meclofenoxate to protect rabbit brains against experimental anoxia induced with nitrogen (Dereymaeker et al., 1962), and against histoxic anoxia induced by potassium cyanide (Nakajima et al., 1964).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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