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Wojciech Danysz

Merz Pharmaceuticals
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Glycine and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors: physiological significance and possible therapeutic applications

W Danysz, CG Parsons - Pharmacological reviews, 1998 - ASPET
Since the finding by Johnson and Ascher (1987) demonstrating that glycine enhances
electrophysiological responses mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) b

Memantine: a NMDA receptor antagonist that improves memory by restoration of homeostasis in the glutamatergic system-too little activation is bad, too much is even …

CG Parsons, A Stöffler, W Danysz - Neuropharmacology, 2007 - Elsevier
The neurotransmitter glutamate activates several classes of metabotropic receptor and three
major types of ionotropic receptor – α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (…

Alzheimer's disease, β‐amyloid, glutamate, NMDA receptors and memantine–searching for the connections

W Danysz, CG Parsons - British journal of pharmacology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
β‐amyloid (Aβ) is widely accepted to be one of the major pathomechanisms underlying
Alzheimer's disease (AD), although there is presently lively debate regarding the relative roles of …

The NMDA receptor antagonist memantine as a symptomatological and neuroprotective treatment for Alzheimer's disease: preclinical evidence

W Danysz, CG Parsons - International journal of geriatric …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing evidence for the involvement of glutamate‐mediated neurotoxicity in the
pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We suggest that glutamate receptors of the N‐…

Glutamate in CNS disorders as a target for drug development: an update.

CG Parsons, W Danysz, G Quack - Drug news & perspectives, 1998 - europepmc.org
The authors provide an extensive review of new data related to the role of glutamate in CNS
disorders, describing new aspects in glutamate and glutamatergic receptors-NMDA …

Neuroprotective and symptomatological action of memantine relevant for Alzheimer's disease—a unified glutamatergic hypothesis on the mechanism of action

W Danysz, CG Parsons, HJÖ MÖbius, A StÖffler… - Neurotoxicity …, 2000 - Springer
The involvement of glutamate mediated neurotoxicity in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s
disease is finding increasingly more acceptance in the scientific community. Central to this …

[HTML][HTML] Memantine and cholinesterase inhibitors: complementary mechanisms in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

CG Parsons, W Danysz, A Dekundy, I Pulte - Neurotoxicity research, 2013 - Springer
This review describes the preclinical mechanisms that may underlie the increased therapeutic
benefit of combination therapy—with the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist, …

Modulation of L-DOPA-induced abnormal involuntary movements by clinically tested compounds: further validation of the rat dyskinesia model

A Dekundy, M Lundblad, W Danysz… - Behavioural brain research, 2007 - Elsevier
l-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID) is a major complication of the pharmacotherapy of
Parkinson's Disease. A model of LID has recently been described in rats with unilateral 6-…

Antagonism of metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 attenuates l‐DOPA‐induced dyskinesia and its molecular and neurochemical correlates in a rat model of …

F Mela, M Marti, A Dekundy, W Danysz… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 (mGluR5) modulates dopamine and glutamate
neurotransmission at central synapses. In this study, we addressed the role of mGluR5 in l‐DOPA…

Novel systemically active antagonists of the glycine site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor: electrophysiological, biochemical and behavioral characterization

CG Parsons, W Danysz, G Quack, S Hartmann… - … of Pharmacology and …, 1997 - ASPET
A series of novel tricyclic pyrido-phthalazine-dione derivatives was tested for antagonistic
effects at the strychnine-insensitive modulatory site of the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) …