Abstract:Background: Mild cognitive impairment ("MCI") is defined as the "symptomatic pre-dementia stage" on the continuum of cognitive decline. Currently, no medications have proven effective for MCI. Preclinical experiments indicate that NA-831 is an endogenous small molecule that exhibits neuroprotection, neurogenesis, and cognitive protective properties across a range of disease models. NA-831 has been shown to be safe and well tolerated in healthy volunteers. Methods: A randomized Phase 2A clinical trial of NA-831… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.