Inhibition of acetyl-and butyryl-cholinesterase in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer's disease by rivastigmine: correlation with cognitive benefit

E Giacobini, R Spiegel, A Enz, AE Veroff… - Journal of Neural …, 2002 - Springer
Cholinesterase (ChE) inhibition represents the most efficacious treatment approach for
Alzheimer's disease (AD) to date. This multiple-dose study has examined the relationship …

Preserved cognitive function after 12 months of treatment with rivastigmine in mild Alzheimer's disease in comparison with untreated AD and MCI patients

O Almkvist, T DarrehShori, E Stefanova… - European journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) have shown positive symptomatic effects on cognition,
activities of daily living, and behavior in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Rivastigmine …

Alterations in brain activation during cholinergic enhancement with rivastigmine in Alzheimer's disease

S Rombouts, F Barkhof, CS Van Meel… - Journal of Neurology …, 2002 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background: Rivastigmine enhances cholinergic activity and has been shown in clinical
trials to decrease the rate of deterioration in Alzheimer's disease. It remains unclear where in …

A 52-week study of the efficacy of rivastigmine in patients with mild to moderately severe Alzheimer's disease

M Farlow, R Anand, J Messina Jr, R Hartman… - European …, 2000 - karger.com
The efficacy of a centrally active cholinesterase inhibitor, rivastigmine tartrate (ENA 713;
Exelon®), in patients with mild to moderately severe Alzheimer's disease was evaluated in a …

Cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: a comparison of tolerability and pharmacology

A Nordberg, AL Svensson - Drug safety, 1998 - Springer
Cholinesterase inhibitors are currently the most established treatment strategy in
Alzheimer's disease. The treatment effect appears mainly to be symptomatic. Effects on …

Cerebral blood flow and cognitive responses to rivastigmine treatment in Alzheimer's disease

A Venneri, MF Shanks, RT Staff, SJ Pestell… - …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Twenty seven patients with mild AD were enrolled in a prospective open label controlled
study of rivastigmine. Assessments included a range of neuropsychiatric and behavioural …

Effect of cholinergic treatment depends on cholinergic integrity in early Alzheimer's disease

N Richter, N Beckers, OA Onur, M Dietlein… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In early Alzheimer's disease, which initially presents with progressive loss of short-term
memory, neurodegeneration especially affects cholinergic neurons of the basal forebrain …

Rivastigmine is a potent inhibitor of acetyl-and butyrylcholinesterase in Alzheimer's plaques and tangles

MF Eskander, NG Nagykery, EY Leung, B Khelghati… - Brain research, 2005 - Elsevier
Acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase activities emerge in association with
plaques and tangles in Alzheimer's disease. These pathological cholinesterases, with …

A 12-month study of the efficacy of rivastigmine in patients with advanced moderate Alzheimer's disease

Y Karaman, F Erdoğan, E Köseoğlu, T Turan… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2004 - karger.com
The efficacy of a centrally active cholinesterase inhibitor, rivastigmine tartrate (ENA 713), in
patients with advanced moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) was evaluated in a 12-month …

Different cholinesterase inhibitor effects on CSF cholinesterases in Alzheimer patients

A Nordberg, T Darreh-Shori, E Peskind… - Current Alzheimer …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: The current study aimed to compare the effects of different cholinesterase
inhibitors on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) activities and …