Cholinesterases: roles in the brain during health and disease

CG Ballard, NH Greig… - Current Alzheimer …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
The cholinergic hypothesis of decline in dementia, whereby deficits in learning, memory and
behavior are caused, at least in part, by decreased levels of acetylcholine (ACh) in the brain …

Voluntary Running Attenuates Memory Loss, Decreases Neuropathological Changes and Induces Neurogenesis in a Mouse Model of A lzheimer's Disease

C Tapia‐Rojas, F Aranguiz, L Varela‐Nallar… - Brain …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A lzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by loss of memory
and cognitive abilities, and the appearance of amyloid plaques composed of the amyloid‐β …

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors as disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's disease

D Munoz-Torrero - Current medicinal chemistry, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
The therapeutic arsenal for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains confined to a
group of four inhibitors of AChE and one NMDA receptor antagonist, which are used to …

Interactions of AChE with Aβ aggregates in Alzheimer's brain: therapeutic relevance of IDN 5706

FJ Carvajal, NC Inestrosa - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE; EC 3.1. 1.7) plays a crucial role in the rapid hydrolysis of the
neurotransmitter acetylcholine, in the central and peripheral nervous system and might also …

Novel tacrine-tryptophan hybrids: Multi-target directed ligands as potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease

K Chalupova, J Korabecny, M Bartolini, B Monti… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
A combination of tacrine and tryptophan led to the development of a new family of
heterodimers as multi-target agents with potential to treat Alzheimer's disease. Based on the …

Cognitive impairments in type 2 diabetes, risk factors and preventive strategies

G Sharma, A Parihar, T Talaiya, K Dubey… - Journal of basic and …, 2020 - degruyter.com
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a modifiable risk factor in progression of several diseases
including dementia and type 2 diabetes. If cognitive impairments are not reversed at an early …

Wnt signaling in neuroprotection and stem cell differentiation

EM Toledo, M Colombres, NC Inestrosa - Progress in neurobiology, 2008 - Elsevier
In the past several years, we postulated that the loss of Wnt signaling was implicated in the
pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Since then, our lab and other groups have confirmed …

Neuroprotective effects of cholinesterase inhibitors: current scenario in therapies for Alzheimer's disease and future perspectives

NCS Moreira, JEBF Lima, MF Marchiori… - Journal of …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disease
conceptualized as a continuous process, ranging from mild cognitive impairment (MCI), to …

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ is expressed in hippocampal neurons and its activation prevents β-amyloid neurodegeneration: role of Wnt signaling

NC Inestrosa, JA Godoy, RA Quintanilla… - Experimental cell …, 2005 - Elsevier
The molecular pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves the participation of the
amyloid-β-peptide (Aβ), which plays a critical role in the neurodegeneration that triggers the …

Tacrine–melatonin hybrids as multifunctional agents for Alzheimer's disease, with cholinergic, antioxidant, and neuroprotective properties

MI Fernández‐Bachiller, C Pérez… - ChemMedChem …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Tacrine–melatonin hybrids are potential multifunctional drugs for Alzheimer's disease that
may simultaneously palliate intellectual deficits and protect the brain against both β‐amyloid …