IDRA 21 (3 or 5.6 mg/kg p.o.) and aniracetam (30 mg/kg p.o.) administered 60 min before alprazolam ... antagonized the large disruptive effects of alprazolam on learning ... it can be estimated that IDRA 21 is approximately 10-fold more potent than aniracetam ... Very likely IDRA 21 exerts its behavioral effects by antagonizing AMPA receptor desensitization.
Thompson DM, Guidotti A, DiBella M, Costa E. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1995)
- NON-HUMAN PRIMATE: in patas monkeys, oral IDRA-21 reversed an alprazolam-induced deficit in a repeated-acquisition ('learning') task — the strongest preclinical cognition signal for the compound, but in monkeys, not humans
- IDRA-21 was estimated ~10-fold more potent than the prototype ampakine aniracetam at antagonizing the learning deficit, supporting the 'more potent than aniracetam' framing
- Had no effect when given alone — it rescued a drug-induced impairment rather than boosting baseline learning, an important nuance for 'nootropic' claims