a drug used to improve cognitive powers and memory, used to treat people who have had strokes or have dementia, Alzheimer's disease, etc
Examples of 'piracetam' in a sentence
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These changes are also reduced by piracetam.
Carola Stockburger, Davide Miano, Thea Pallas, Kristina Friedland, Walter E. Müller 2016, 'Enhanced Neuroplasticity by the Metabolic Enhancer Piracetam Associated with ImprovedMitochondrial Dynamics and Altered Permeability Transition Pore Function', Neural Plasticityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8075903. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Piracetam (200 mg/kg) was injected daily intraperitoneally for 8 days.
Harshad Onkarrao Malve 2015, 'Exploring Bhavana samskara using Tinospora cordifolia and Phyllanthus emblica combinationfor learning and memory in mice', Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicinehttp://www.jaim.in/article.asp?issn=0975-9476;year=2015;volume=6;issue=4;spage=233;epage=240;aulast=Malve. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Piracetam was used as a standard nootropic.
Sanket B Raut, Reshma R Parekar, Kshitij S Jadhav, Padmaja A Marathe, Nirmala N Rege 2015, 'Effect of Jyotiṣmatī seed oil on spatial and fear memory using scopolamine inducedamnesia in mice', Ancient Science of Lifehttp://www.ancientscienceoflife.org/article.asp?issn=0257-7941;year=2015;volume=34;issue=3;spage=130;epage=133;aulast=Raut. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Amongst the three nootropics, modafinil and citicoline showed significant (p<0.05) memory enhancement in comparison to piracetam.
Farrukh Ahmad, Veena Nayak, Chaitanya Malalur, Rinz Mathew, Amruta Tripathy, KuradyLaxminarayana Bairy 2017, 'Relative Efficacy of Piracetam, Modafinil and Citicoline on Cognitive Function inan Animal Model', Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Researchhttp://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/10816/27838-CE(RA1)_F(GG)_PF1(MJ_GG)_PFA(MJ_GG)_PF2(EK_MJ_GG).pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patient was administered normal saline and treated with aspirin and piracetam for 3 weeks in hospital.
Chih-Ming Lin 2014, 'Methomyl poisoning presenting with decorticate posture and cortical blindness', Neurology Internationalhttp://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/ni/article/view/5307. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This study was conducted to compare oral betahistine and oral piracetam in management of outpatients with peripheral vertigo.
Ali Arhami Dolatabadi, Seyedeh Roghieh Larimi, Arash Safaie 2019, 'Oral Piracetam vs Betahistine in Outpatient Management of Peripheral Vertigo; a RandomizedClinical Trial', Archives of Academic Emergency Medicinehttp://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/aaem/index.php/AAEM/article/view/288. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Piracetam was found to degrade only in the base and shows stable behavior under all stress conditions.
Kapendra Sahu, Mohammad Shaharyar, Anees A. Siddiqui, Shikha Sahu 2017, 'Establishment of inherent stability on piracetam by UPLC/HPLC and development of avalidated stability-indicating method', Arabian Journal of Chemistryhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187853521200250X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)