Description
IsrADIpineisasecond-generationdihydropyridinecalciumchannelblocker.Ithasbeenfoundtoprotectagainststrokeandbrainischemiainratmodelsofhypertension.Researchhasalsoshownthatisradipineinfluencesamyloid-betaproductioninadditiontocomponentsofthecav1.2-ptau-autophagypathwayandtherebymaybeusefulinthetreatmentofAlzheimer’sdisease.FurThermore,ithasbeenfoundtoprotectstriataldopaminergicterminalsandparentsubstantianigraparscompactacellbodiesagainstintrastriatalinjectionofthetoxin6-hydroxydopamine,andsomayalsobeaneffectivetreatmentofParkinson’sdisease.