Pharmacological characteristics of a new phenyl analog of piracetam--4-phenylpiracetam
Bobkov, I.G.; Morozov, I.S.; Glozman, O.M.; Nerobkova, L.N.; Zhmurenko, L.A.
Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 95(4): 50-53
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615 PMID: 6403074 Document Number: 213673
The central neurotropic effects of 4-phenylpyracetam, a new phenyl analog of pyracetam, were studied and compared with the effects of pyracetam, morpholene and 4-phenylpyrrolidone. 4-Phenylpyracetam was found to activate the operant behavior more powerfully, to remove psychodepressant effects of diazepam, to inhibit post-rotational nystagmus, and to prevent the development of retrograde amnesia. Unlike pyracetam, 4-phenylpyracetam exhibits a specific anticonvulsant action. When given in high doses, the compound under study produces psychodepressant effects.