Meloxicam is an enolcarboxamide with preferential COX-2 inhibitory activity. In vitro studies with human tissues have confirmed the high affinity of meloxicam for COX-2, whereas COX-1 was ...

All NSAIDs variably inhibit COX-1 and COX-2 and the mechanisms of inhibition fall into three broad categories, although there are exceptions. For example, nimesulide is a weak competitive ...

A novel PET imaging approach can effectively quantify a key enzyme associated with brain inflammation, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The ...

COX-2 levels increase during developmental synaptic remodeling 5 and upregulation of synaptic activity 6. Moreover, COX-2 is involved in the coupling of synaptic plasticity with cerebral blood flow 7.