According to the excitotoxicity hypothesis, neurotoxicity due to glutamate is regarded as potential factor in the progredient neurodegeneration of Huntington's disease (HD). Memantine, as a glutamate receptor antagonist, should counteract this mechanism. Its effectiveness (up to 30 mg/day) with regard to retardation of progression was thus examined in 27 HD patients in a two year, open and multicentre trial. The results suggest that memantine treatment of HD may be useful in terms of retardation of the progression of the disorder.
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Beister, A., Kraus, P., Kuhn, W., Dose, M., Weindl, A., & Gerlach, M. (2004). The N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist memantine retards progression of Huntington’s disease. Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplement, (68), 117–122. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0579-5_14
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