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[A personalized selection of choline precursors in evidence - based medicine]
1Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
The analysis of mechanisms of the neuroprotective effect of choline precursors reveals the primary effects of citicoline on the processes of repair of neuronal membranes, a decrease in the degeneration of free fatty acids, and choline alfoscerate, an increase in the production of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Although citicoline has a lesser effect on choline secretion than choline alfoscerate, the combination of choline and cytidine in its composition is a universal tool to reduce symptoms of cerebral ischemia, to stabilize cognitive status, superior to the standard benefits of choline. Various mechanisms of the action of citicoline enable to recommend it as a drug effective both in the acute phase of the disease and in the delayed period, giving it the status of a universal nootropic compound.
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