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Also known as FUB-359, FUB359

Ciproxifan is an extremely potent histamine H3 inverse agonist/antagonist.

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Ciproxifan is an extremely potent histamine H3 inverse agonist/antagonist.

The histamine H3 receptor is an inhibitory autoreceptor located on histaminergic nerve terminals, and is believed to be involved in modulating the release of histamine in the brain. Histamine has an excitatory effect in the brain via H1 receptors in the cerebral cortex, and so drugs such as ciproxifan which block the H3 receptor and consequently allow more histamine to be released have an alertness-promoting effect.

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