Grau M, Montero JL, Balasch J. Effect of Piracetam on electrocorticogram and local cerebral glucose utilization in the rat.
GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1987;
18:205-11. [PMID:
3569848 DOI:
10.1016/0306-3623(87)90252-7]
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Abstract
The effect of Piracetam on hypoxia-induced alterations of cerebral cortex electrogenesis is studied. The results showed protection. As this anti-hypoxidotic property could be linked to Piracetam influence on energy-metabolic processes in the brain, we studied the effect of this nootropic drug on local cerebral glucose utilization (LCGU) by means of a variant of the Sokoloff's technique. Our results showed that Piracetam enhances LCGU. We suggest that both effects, the functional and the metabolic one, are related.
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