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ReviewJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2026

Memantine: updates from the past decade and implications for future novel therapeutic applications.

Wojciech Danysz, Niels Hansen, Jens Wiltfang, Johannes Kornhuber, Astrid Scheschonka, Andreas Gravius

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Review in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Wojciech DanyszMerz Therapeutics GmbH, Eckenheimer Landstraße 100, 60318, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Wojciech.Danysz@merz.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2375-0210
Niels HansenDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.
Jens WiltfangDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.
Johannes KornhuberDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
Astrid ScheschonkaMerz Therapeutics GmbH, Eckenheimer Landstraße 100, 60318, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Andreas GraviusMerz Therapeutics GmbH, Eckenheimer Landstraße 100, 60318, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review provides an update on advances during the past decade in our knowledge of the pharmacology and clinical use of memantine. It covers aspects related to preclinical research, such as new findings about the mechanism of action, and the efficacy of memantine in animal models of various diseases beyond dementia. In particular, new emerging indications since the publication of our latest review almost a decade ago were investigated. Where possible, preclinical findings were reinforced by data obtained in clinical studies in patients with Alzheimer's disease, as well as in other indications reported by researchers who initiated off-label studies. This comprehensive narrative review demonstrates that memantine continues to show robust efficacy in its primary indication of Alzheimer's disease. However, while numerous potential new indications have emerged from preclinical studies, only a limited number show sufficient evidence to warrant further clinical investigation.

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Alzheimer DiseaseExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsMemantineAnimalsHumansExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsMemantineAlzheimerEfficacyMechanism of actionMemantineNew indicationsPharmacologyUpdate

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PMID41136637
PMCPMC13428794

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