neuroprotective

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adjective

That provides neuroprotection.

UncommonScrabble 22

Meanings

adjectiveneuroprotective (comparative more neuroprotective, superlative most neuroprotective)

comparative more neuroprotective · superlative most neuroprotective

  1. That provides neuroprotection.
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    It has been shown that PQQ could be involved in the treatment of neurological and psychical disorders. For example, it was demonstrated to have excellent neuroprotective efficacy in vitro and in vivo models of NMDAR-mediated or other neurotoxicant, such as methylmercury and 6-hydroxydopamine, induced neurotoxicity and electrical responses [4], to reduce the infarct size in animals with hypoxia and ischemia [5], to protect hippocampal neurons from the increase of the intracellular Ca²⁺ level and to be effective in an animal model of epilepsy [6].

    2010 October 10, Yanyan Kong et al., “Preparation of 99mTc-PQQ and preliminary biological evaluation for the NMDA receptor”, in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, volume 287, →DOI, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025
nounneuroprotective (plural neuroprotectives)

plural neuroprotectives

  1. Any neuroprotective agent.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
  3. Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
  4. Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
  5. Englishneuro-
  6. Medieval Latinprōtēctīvus
  7. Englishprotective
  8. Englishneuroprotective

From neuro- + protective.

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Chicago

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