citicoline is a natural substance with neuroprotective and repairing effects. it can also increase the phosphor metabolites in cerebral cortex. regarding the various effects of citicoline on central nervous system, this research aims at studying the effects of citicoline on the thiopental sodium anesthesia. six dogs were anesthetized by intravenous injection of 20 mg ∕ kg of 2.5% thiopental sod...

In the present study, the efficacy of citicoline in alleviating the ischemia/reperfusion neuronal injury was investigated in male Sprague Dawley rats. Citicoline was administered before inducing ischemia, during ischemia and after reperfusion. Animals were scored for neurological deficits, assessed for anxiety, cognition and motor activity. Sodium potassium ATPase, Glutamate, ATP, NAD was deter...

thiopental sodium is an ultra short-acting barbiturate. due to its redistribution characteristic, its first injection has a short term effect. in order to elongate its anesthesia duration, more injections are needed. as these additional injections extend the recovery length , weaken respiration and causes other dangerous effects; its repeated use is considered unsafe. citicoline is a natural su...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Citicoline sodium (cytidine-5'-diphosphocholine) has been shown previously to reduce ischemic injury in focal central nervous system models. Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) appears to be associated with an area of edema and ischemic injury surrounding the hematoma that may be reduced by neuroprotective therapy. The present study was designed to test whether treatment with ...

Citicoline (CDP-choline; cytidine 5'-diphosphocholine), a form of the essential nutrient choline, shows promise of clinical efficacy in elderly patients with cognitive deficits, inefficient memory, and early-stage Alzheimer's disease. Citicoline has also been investigated as a therapy in stroke patients, although the results of trials to date are inconclusive. Produced endogenously, citicoline ...

To investigate the effect of citicoline adjuvant therapy on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) (PD-MCI) and its influence on plasma phospholipid (PL) levels in PD-MCI patients. The demographic data on 81 PD-MCI patients among 185 idiopathic PD patients who participated in the research from November 2012 to December 2014 were collected, and which were randomly divided in...

A simple, accurate, precise and sensitive reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography method for the determination of citicoline sodium has been developed and validated. Drug was resolved on a C18 column (Phenomenex Luna, 250×4.6 mm, 10μ), utilizing mobile phase of potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer and acetonitrile in a ratio of 30:70. Mobile phase was delivered at the flow rate of...

A validated, specific, stability indicating reversed-phase liquid chromatographic method has been developed for quantitative analysis of citicoline and its related substances in oral drops formulation. Forced degradation studies were performed using acidic, basic and oxidizing conditions, and thermal and photolytic stress, to show the stability indicating power of the method. The method was opt...

Stroke is a medical emergency with a mortality rate higher than most forms of cancer. It is the second leading cause of death in developed countries and the most common cause of serious, long-term disability in adults.Primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a major clinical problem that accounts for 15% of all acute stroke hospitalizations. Currently, there is no medical therapy available for...

Sir, I read with great interest the article by Skripuletz et al. (2015), who showed beneficial effects of exogenously applied CDP-choline (citicoline) in murine myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) and in cuprizone-induced mouse model of demyelination. I would like to congratulate the authors for their report, which already has been recogni...