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. 2020 Jul 31;10(8):1134. doi: 10.3390/biom10081134

Table 3.

Hypothesis of mode of actions of memantine for its NMDA receptor antagonist activity.

Mode of Actions Main References
Low affinity/fast off-rate [45,50,51,53]
Voltage dependency/fast unblocking kinetics [50,51,52,53,54,55]
Partial trapping [54,55,56]
Uncompetitive antagonism/
agonist concentration dependency
[53,57,58,59,60]
Preferential inhibition of extrasynaptic receptors [65,66,67,68,69,70]