Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and the role of acetylcholinesterase in their pathogenesis

ŁJ Walczak-Nowicka, M Herbet - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of
neurodegenerative diseases by influencing the inflammatory response, apoptosis, oxidative …

Natural phytochemicals in the treatment and prevention of dementia: An overview

R Libro, S Giacoppo, T Soundara Rajan, P Bramanti… - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
The word dementia describes a class of heterogeneous diseases which etiopathogenetic
mechanisms are not well understood. There are different types of dementia, among which …

Depression in Alzheimer's disease: a Delphi consensus on etiology, risk factors, and clinical management

L Agüera-Ortiz, R García-Ramos… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other forms of dementia are among the most
common causes of disability in the elderly. Dementia is often accompanied by depression …

Interplay between pro-inflammatory cytokines and growth factors in depressive illnesses

MC Audet, H Anisman - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The development of depressive disorders had long been attributed to monoamine
variations, and pharmacological treatment strategies likewise focused on methods of …

Antidepressant, anxiolytic and procognitive effects of rivastigmine and donepezil in the chronic mild stress model in rats

M Papp, P Gruca, M Lason-Tyburkiewicz… - Psychopharmacology, 2016 - Springer
Background The treatment of depression in old age is complicated by frequent co-morbidity
with cognitive impairment. Anti-dementia drugs have some efficacy to improve cognitive …

Pharmacotherapy for the treatment of depression in patients with alzheimer's disease: a treatment-resistant depressive disorder

M Lozupone, M La Montagna, F D'Urso… - Expert opinion on …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Pharmacotherapy for the treatment of depressive disorders in Alzheimer's
Disease (AD) represents a clinical challenge. pharmacological options are often attempted …

The cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil has antidepressant-like properties in the mouse forced swim test

PJ Fitzgerald, PJ Hale, A Ghimire, BO Watson - Translational psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
Finding new antidepressant agents is of high clinical priority given that many cases of major
depressive disorder (MDD) do not respond to conventional monoaminergic antidepressants …

Effects of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) on cognitive function. A systematic review of RCTs

KI Avgerinos, C Vrysis, N Chaitidis, K Kolotsiou… - Neurological …, 2020 - Springer
Introduction Improvement of cognitive function may be desirable for healthy individuals and
clinically beneficial for those with cognitive impairment such as from Alzheimer's disease …

Do acetylcholinesterase inhibitors prevent or delay psychotropic prescribing in people with dementia? Analyses of the Swedish Dementia Registry

ECK Tan, K Johnell, JS Bell, S Garcia-Ptacek… - The American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate whether acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AChEI) use prevents or
delays subsequent initiation of psychotropic medications in people with Alzheimer's disease …

Rivastigmine improves hippocampal neurogenesis and depression-like behaviors via 5-HT1A receptor stimulation in olfactory bulbectomized mice

MR Islam, S Moriguchi, H Tagashira, K Fukunaga - Neuroscience, 2014 - Elsevier
Rivastigmine is a non-competitive inhibitor of both acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and
butylcholinesterase (BuChE) used to treat mild to moderate dementia in Alzheimer's disease …