Nicotinamide riboside, a form of vitamin B3, protects against excitotoxicity-induced axonal degeneration.
Vaur P, Brugg B, Mericskay M, Li Z, Schmidt MS, Vivien D, Orset C, Jacotot E, Brenner C, Duplus E.
Vaur P, et al. Among authors: mericskay m.
FASEB J. 2017 Dec;31(12):5440-5452. doi: 10.1096/fj.201700221RR. Epub 2017 Aug 21.
FASEB J. 2017.
PMID: 28842432
Taken together, our findings demonstrate that NR is a better neuroprotective agent than NAD(+) in excitotoxicity-induced AxD and that axonal protection involves defending intracellular NAD(+) homeostasis.-Vaur, P., Brugg, B., Mericskay, M., Li, Z., Schmidt, M …
Taken together, our findings demonstrate that NR is a better neuroprotective agent than NAD(+) in excitotoxicity-induced AxD and that axonal …