[HTML][HTML] CSF cholinergic index, a new biomeasure of treatment effect in patients with Alzheimer's disease

A Karami, M Eriksdotter, A Kadir, O Almkvist… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive disease with early degeneration of the central
cholinergic neurons. Currently, three of four AD drugs act by inhibiting the acetylcholine …

[HTML][HTML] CSF and plasma cholinergic markers in patients with cognitive impairment

A Karami, T Darreh-Shori, M Schultzberg… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia with symptoms
of deteriorating cognitive functions and memory loss, partially as a result of a decrease in …

Differential increase in cerebrospinal fluid-acetylcholinesterase after treatment with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in patients with Alzheimer's disease

P Davidsson, K Blennow, N Andreasen, B Eriksson… - Neuroscience …, 2001 - Elsevier
The clinical significance and the effects of pharmacological treatment of patients with
Alzheimer's disease (AD) were evaluated by measurement of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) …

Changes in CSF acetyl‐and butyrylcholinesterase activity after long‐term treatment with AChE inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease

L Parnetti, D Chiasserini, U Andreasson… - Acta neurologica …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Parnetti L, Chiasserini D, Andreasson U, Ohlson M, Hüls C, Zetterberg H, Minthon L, Wallin
ÅK, Andreasen N, Talesa VN, Blennow K. Changes in CSF acetyl‐and butyrylcholinesterase …

The cholinergic deficit in Alzheimer's disease: impact on cognition, behaviour and function

MS Mega - International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Although the neurodegeneration occurring in Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects multiple
neurotransmitters, the cholinergic system has received the greatest attention. Acetylcholine …

Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase in CSF versus brain assessed by 11C-PMP PET in AD patients treated with galantamine

T Darreh-Shori, A Kadir, O Almkvist, M Grut, A Wall… - Neurobiology of …, 2008 - Elsevier
The relationship between acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in the CSF and brain of
patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) was investigated in 18 mild AD patients following …

[HTML][HTML] The acetylcholine index: an electroencephalographic marker of cholinergic activity in the living human brain applied to Alzheimer's disease and other …

M Johannsson, J Snaedal, GH Johannesson… - Dementia and Geriatric …, 2015 - karger.com
Background: The cholinergic hypothesis is well established and has led to the development
of pharmacological treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, there has previously …

A novel in vitro assay model developed to measure both extracellular and intracellular acetylcholine levels for screening cholinergic agents

R Tanaka-Kanegae, K Hamada - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Cholinergic neurons utilize choline (Ch) to synthetize acetylcholine (ACh) and
contain a high-affinity Ch transporter, Ch acetyltransferase (ChAT), ACh receptors, and …

Changes in CSF cholinergic biomarkers in response to cell therapy with NGF in patients with Alzheimer's disease

A Karami, H Eyjolfsdottir, S Vijayaraghavan, G Lind… - Alzheimer's & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction The extensive loss of central cholinergic functions in Alzheimer's disease (AD)
brain is linked to impaired nerve growth factor (NGF) signaling. The cardinal cholinergic …

Can CSF biomarkers or pre‐treatment progression rate predict response to cholinesterase inhibitor treatment in Alzheimer's disease?

ÅK Wallin, O Hansson, K Blennow… - … Journal of Geriatric …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The main objective of this study was to investigate possible predictors of response
to cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) treatment, including pre‐treatment progression rates and …