Alpha BRAINs 2015 research study showed it improved verbal memory recall in young adults, but a separate study on mood, stress, and marksmanship in soldiers showed it made no difference in cognitive performance.6 7 Neither study looked at long-term use or its effects on older adults or people struggling with cognition
This course may be administered twice annually, with at least a four month break in between courses
Normal activities can resume right away
Experiments ex vivo have shown that vinpocetine acts as a selective inhibitor of Ca 2+ /calmodulin-dependent cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase type I [21,108], a potent blocker of voltage-gated sodium channels [109,110], inhibits platelet aggregation, reduces blood viscosity, vasodilates cerebral arteries, and increases cerebral blood flow [111]