CORTEXIN® contains a complex of low molecular weight water-soluble polypeptide fractions that penetrate the blood-brain barrier directly to the nerve cells. The drug has nootropic, neuroprotective, antioxidant and tissue-specific effects.
Nootropic - improves the higher functions of the brain, learning and memory processes, concentration of attention, stability under various stresses.
Neuroprotective - protects neurons from damage by various endogenous neurotoxic factors (glutamate, calcium ions, free radicals), reduces the toxic effects of psychotropic substances.
Antioxidant - inhibits lipid peroxidation in neurons, increases the survival of neurons in conditions of oxidative stress and hypoxia.
Tissue-specific - activates the metabolism of neurons of the central and peripheral nervous system, reparative processes, improves the functions of the cerebral cortex and the general tone of the nervous system.
Mechanism of action CORTEXIN® is due to the activation of peptides of neurons and neurotrophic brain factors; optimization of the balance of metabolism of excitatory and inhibitory amino acids, dopamine, serotonin; GABA-ergic effect; a decrease in the level of paroxysmal convulsive activity of the brain, the ability to improve its bioelectrical activity; prevention of the formation of free radicals (products of lipid peroxidation).