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Dysfunction of GluN2A-containing NMDA receptors (NMDAR) contributes to these impairments, and positive allosteric modulators (PAM) that selectively enhance GluN2A function offer a promising strategy to rescue cognitive deficits while preserving physiological neurotransmission. However, it remains unclear whether PAM-driven GluN2A potentiation can rescue mechanistically distinct, pharmacologically induced impairments and whether the efficacy of GluN2A-PAMs differs across executive domains and sexes. Here, we assessed the effects of GNE-5729, a brain-penetrant GluN2A-selective PAM, on executive functions in mice. GNE-5729 showed no overall effect on working memory performance in the Y-maze, but improved performance in mice with low baseline spontaneous alternations, indicating a baseline-dependent effect. It also rescued working memory deficits induced by dl-amphetamine and scopolamine, which disrupt neuromodulatory regulation while leaving NMDAR channels functionally accessible. In contrast, GNE-5729 failed to reverse MK-801-induced impairments, consistent with MK-801\u2019s non-competitive pore blockade of NMDAR. Notably, GNE\u20115729 effects showed sex\u2011dependent patterns, with female mice displaying more pronounced effects. GNE-5729 had no effects on cognitive flexibility in the attentional set-shifting task (ASST) and did not alter prefrontal GluN2A expression, though it disrupted the association between endogenous GluN2A levels and ASST performance observed in controls. 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