Current and future treatments in Alzheimer disease: an update

KG Yiannopoulou… - Journal of central …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Disease-modifying treatment strategies for Alzheimer disease (AD) are still under extensive
research. Nowadays, only symptomatic treatments exist for this disease, all trying to …

Recent advances on drug development and emerging therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease

T Athar, K Al Balushi, SA Khan - Molecular biology reports, 2021 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative old age disease that is complex,
multifactorial, unalterable, and progressive in nature. The currently approved therapy …

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 …

Reimagining cholinergic therapy for Alzheimer's disease

E Giacobini, AC Cuello, A Fisher - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Currently, enhancement of cholinergic neurotransmission via cholinesterase inhibitors
represents the main available approach to treat cognitive and behavioural symptoms of the …

Current and future treatments in Alzheimer's disease

A Atri - Seminars in neurology, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
The foundation of current Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatment involves pharmacological and
nonpharmacological management and care planning predicated on patient-centered …

Long-term effects of cholinesterase inhibitors on cognitive decline and mortality

H Xu, S Garcia-Ptacek, L Jönsson, A Wimo… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To investigate whether cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) are associated with
slower cognitive decline in Alzheimer dementia and decreased risk of severe dementia or …

Current and future treatments for Alzheimer's disease

KG Yiannopoulou… - Therapeutic advances in …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Alzheimer's dementia (AD) is increasingly being recognized as one of the most important
medical and social problems in older people in industrialized and non-industrialized …

The Alzheimer's disease clinical spectrum: diagnosis and management

A Atri - Medical Clinics, 2019 - medical.theclinics.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of cognitive impairment or dementia in
individuals older than 65 years and, with rising longevity, a worldwide pandemic of mild …

Neurobiology of butyrylcholinesterase

S Darvesh, DA Hopkins, C Geula - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2003 - nature.com
Butyrylcholinesterase is a serine hydrolase related to acetylcholinesterase that catalyses the
hydrolysis of esters of choline, including acetylcholine. Butyrylcholinesterase has unique …

Effectiveness of cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine for treating dementia: evidence review for a clinical practice guideline

P Raina, P Santaguida, A Ismaila… - Annals of internal …, 2008 - acpjournals.org
Background: The effectiveness of the 5 US Food and Drug Administration–approved
pharmacologic therapies for dementias in achieving clinically relevant improvements is …