[ANTIPLATELET AND ANTI-ISCHEMIC EFFECTS OF MEMANTINE AND 5-HYDROXYADAMANTAN-2-ONE IN PATIENTS WITH CEREBROVASCULAR PATHOLOGY AND IN EXPERIMENTS].

It was investigated the effect of two adamantane derivatives, memantine and 5-hydroxyadamantan-2-one (5-HA), in patients with cerebrovascular disorders. In vitro studies showed that 5-HA, unlike memantine, exhibited antiplatelet activity. Experiments showed that memantine reduced cerebral blood flow in the brain cortex of intact rats and those under conditions of transient global ischemia, whereas 5-HA only selectively improved blood flow in ischemic brain and was superior to the reference drug nimodipine. The obtained data indicate the leading role of the GABA-ergic (rather than glutamatergic mechanisms) in implementation of the anti-ischemic cerebrovascular activity.