The serotonergic system in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

JJ Rodríguez, HN Noristani, A Verkhratsky - Progress in neurobiology, 2012 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the major neurodegenerative diseases that deteriorates
cognitive functions and primarily affects associated brain regions involved in learning and …

Serotonergic therapies for cognitive symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: rationale and current status

MJ Ramirez, MKP Lai, RM Tordera, PT Francis - Drugs, 2014 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in elderly people.
Research focused on identifying compounds that restore cognition and memory in AD …

Neurotransmitter receptors and cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease

Y Xu, J Yan, P Zhou, J Li, H Gao, Y Xia, Q Wang - Progress in neurobiology, 2012 - Elsevier
Cognitive dysfunction is one of the most typical characteristics in various neurodegenerative
diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease (advanced stage). Although …

Alzheimer's disease and serotonin: a review

M Whitford - Neuropsychobiology, 1986 - karger.com
Data from post-mortem brain, cerebrospinal fluid and serotonin (5-HT) synapse studies
indicate serious impairment of the serotoninergic system in patients with Alzheimer's …

Role of serotonin in Alzheimer's disease: a new therapeutic target?

WJ Geldenhuys, CJ Van der Schyf - CNS drugs, 2011 - Springer
Mounting evidence accumulated over the past few years indicates that the neurotransmitter
serotonin plays a significant role in cognition. As a drug target, serotonin receptors have …

The serotonergic system and cognitive function

D Švob Štrac, N Pivac, D Mück-Šeler - Translational neuroscience, 2016 - degruyter.com
Symptoms of cognitive dysfunction like memory loss, poor concentration, impaired learning
and executive functions are characteristic features of both schizophrenia and Alzheimer's …

Serotonin in aging, late-life depression, and Alzheimer's disease: the emerging role of functional imaging

CC Meltzer, G Smith, ST DeKosky, BG Pollock… - …, 1998 - Elsevier
Serotonin (5-HT) neuron and neurotransmitter loss in normal aging and neuropsychiatric
diseases of late life may contribute to behavioral changes commonly observed in the elderly …

Serotonergic system, cognition, and BPSD in Alzheimer's disease

S Chakraborty, JC Lennon, SA Malkaram, Y Zeng… - Neuroscience …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), present in almost
90% of patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD), cause extensive impairment leading to …

Cognitive dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders: selected serotonin receptor subtypes as therapeutic targets

AV Terry Jr, JJ Buccafusco, C Wilson - Behavioural Brain Research, 2008 - Elsevier
The indolamine, serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine-5-HT) was identified and initially
characterized around the middle of the twentieth century and it is now known to participate in …

The role of serotonin in memory: interactions with neurotransmitters and downstream signaling

M Seyedabadi, G Fakhfouri, V Ramezani… - Experimental brain …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Serotonin, or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), is found to be involved in many
physiological or pathophysiological processes including cognitive function. Seven distinct …