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The neuroprotective action was evaluated in animals with acute (middle cerebral artery occlusion) or chronic (common carotid artery stenosis) brain ischemia models in male rats. Cortexin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> (1 or 3 mg\/kg\/day), Cerebrolysin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> (538 or 1614 mg\/kg\/day) and Actovegin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> (200 mg\/kg\/day) were administered for 10 days. To assess the neurological and motor impairments, open field test, adhesive removal test, rotarod performance test and Morris water maze test were performed. Brain damage was assessed macro- and microscopically, and antioxidant system activity was measured in brain homogenates. In separate experiments <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> binding of Cortexin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> to a wide panel of receptors was assessed, and blood-brain barrier permeability of Cortexin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> was assessed in mice <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>. Cortexin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> or Cerebrolysin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> and, to a lesser extent, Actovegin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> improved the recovery of neurological functions, reduced the severity of sensorimotor and cognitive impairments in rats. Cortexin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> reduced the size of necrosis of brain tissue in acute ischemia, improved functioning of the antioxidant system and prevented the development of severe neurodegenerative changes in chronic ischemia model. Radioactively labeled Cortexin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> crossed the blood-brain barrier in mice <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> with concentrations equal to 6\u20138% of concentrations found in whole blood. During <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> binding assay Cortexin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> (10 \u03bcg\/ml) demonstrated high or moderate binding to AMPA-receptors (80.1%), kainate receptors (73.5%), mGluR1 (49.0%), GABAA1 (44.0%) and mGluR5 (39.7%), which means that effects observed <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> could be related on the glutamatergic and GABAergic actions of Cortexin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>. Thus, Cortexin, 1 or 3 mg\/kg, or Cerebrolysin<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>, 538 or 1614 mg\/kg, were effective in models acute and chronic brain ischemia in rats. 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