E-6801 is a partial agonist of the 5-HT6 receptor. It enhanced recognition memory and reversed the memory deficits of scopolamine in an object recognition task in a rat model. The mechanism of memory enhancement is due to a combined modulation of cholinergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission.
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