Citicoline mechanisms and clinical effic
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Rao Muralikrishna Adibhatla; J.F. Hatcher
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Citicoline, an intermediate in the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho), has shown beneficial effects in various CNS injury models and neurodegenerative diseases. PtdCho hydrolysis by phospholipase A~2~ (PLA~2~) after cerebral ischemia and reperfusion yields arachidonic acid (Ar