Viagra makes you mentally fit

Viagra for the brain? The ancient Greeks had this dream. A spray in each nostril, a pill on the tongue - and oblivion is conquered, anything can be reeled off from the head - rows of numbers, telephone directories, scientific tomes. For modern research, it is a vision that is about to be realized: Molecular biologists have gained such precise insights into how the brain works that they can use pharmacy to control knowing and forgetting.

Various studies suggest that Viagra could also be a good memory medicine. How the effect comes about is unclear. US researchers at Auburn University in Alabama are pursuing the thesis that the messenger substance cGMP, which dilates the blood vessels in men, increases blood flow and transports more glucose into the brain.

Normally, the breakdown of this messenger substance is controlled by nitric oxide. Viagra interferes with this process, slowing down the breakdown of cGMP.  비아그라 판매  that could also help Alzheimer's patients . Researchers know that the formation of cGMP decreases significantly with age.  비아그라  brought the substance into the race as a painkiller.

Its effect on glucose also brought the active ingredient into discussion as a potential diabetes remedy: Mexican researchers from the Seguro Social Institute in Mexico City revealed a short-term positive effect in 40 men with type 2 diabetes .