Lemildipine is a new dihydropyridine calcium entry blocker. In Vivo Gerbils are treated intraperitoneally with Lemildipine (0.1-3 mg/kg) just after release of the occlusion. Four days after the ischemia, they are fixed by perfusing 10% buffered-formalin, and the neuronal cell density (NCD, cell/mm) in the CA1 subfield is estimated under microscopy. The average NCD in the ischemic control group is 43±10.8 cells/mm, whereas Lemildipine (3 mg/kg) significantly ameliorates DND with an average NCD of 143±24.2 cells/mm (P Form:Solid IC50& Target:Calcium entry