Alzheimer's disease pharmacotherapy in relation to cholinergic system involvement

GD Stanciu, A Luca, RN Rusu, V Bild… - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease, a major and increasing global health challenge, is an irreversible,
progressive form of dementia, associated with an ongoing decline of brain functioning. The …

Reconsideration of anticholinesterase therapeutic strategies against Alzheimer's disease

H Wang, H Zhang - ACS chemical neuroscience, 2018 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is well-known as a severe neurodegeneration disease involving
complicated etiologies, and cholinesterase inhibition remain the prevailing mode of clinical …

The cholinergic system in the pathophysiology and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

H Hampel, MM Mesulam, AC Cuello, MR Farlow… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Cholinergic synapses are ubiquitous in the human central nervous system. Their high
density in the thalamus, striatum, limbic system, and neocortex suggest that cholinergic …

Novel cholinesterase inhibitors as future effective drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

A Martinez, A Castro - Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Current pharmacotherapy for Alzheimer's disease involves compounds that are aimed at
increasing the levels of acetylcholine in the brain by facilitating cholinergic …

Beyond the cholinergic hypothesis: do current drugs work in Alzheimer's disease?

A Martorana, Z Esposito, G Koch - CNS neuroscience & …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by memory and
cognitive loss, and represents the leading cause of dementia in elderly people. Besides the …

Cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease: multitargeting strategy based on anti-Alzheimer's drugs repositioning

MT Kabir, MS Uddin, M Begum… - Current …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
In the brain, acetylcholine (ACh) is regarded as one of the major neurotransmitters. During
the advancement of Alzheimer's disease (AD) cholinergic deficits occur and this can lead to …

Non-cholinergic strategies for treating and preventing Alzheimer's disease

P Murali Doraiswamy - CNS drugs, 2002 - Springer
The pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease is complex and involves several different
biochemical pathways. These include defective β-amyloid (Aβ) protein metabolism …

Acetylcholinesterase inhibition in Alzheimer's Disease

B Ibach, E Haen - Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most common cause for dementia in our ageing population,
which leads to a slowly progressive, irretrievable ruination of mental function. The …

Rationale for the development of cholinesterase inhibitors as anti-Alzheimer agents

DK Lahiri, JT Rogers, NH Greig… - Current …, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by progressive dementia caused by the loss of the
presynaptic markers of the cholinergic system in the brain areas related to memory and …

Targeting acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase in dementia

RM Lane, SG Potkin, A Enz - International Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The cholinesterase inhibitors (ChE-Is) attenuate the cholinergic deficit underlying
the cognitive and neuropsychiatric dysfunctions in patients with AD. Inhibition of brain …