Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and Alzheimer's disease

B Mdawar, E Ghossoub, R Khoury - Neural regeneration research, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Given the failure to develop disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD),
strategies aiming at preventing or delaying the onset of the disease are being prioritized …

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 …

Depression in Alzheimer's disease: an alternative role for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors?

RJ Elsworthy, S Aldred - Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Depression is a common co-morbidity seen in people with Alzheimer's disease (AD).
However, the successful treatment of depressive symptoms in people with AD is rarely seen …

History and progress of hypotheses and clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease

PP Liu, Y Xie, XY Meng, JS Kang - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2019 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive
memory loss along with neuropsychiatric symptoms and a decline in activities of daily life. Its …

Depression—an underrecognized target for prevention of dementia in Alzheimer's disease

FS Dafsari, F Jessen - Translational Psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
It is broadly acknowledged that the onset of dementia in Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be
modifiable by the management of risk factors. While several recent guidelines and …

Antidepressants are a rational complementary therapy for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

M Aboukhatwa, L Dosanjh, Y Luo - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2010 - Springer
There is a high prevalence rate (30-50%) of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and depression
comorbidity. Depression can be a risk factor for the development of AD or it can be …

Potential cognitive enhancing and disease modification effects of SSRIs for Alzheimer's disease

TW Chow, BG Pollock, NW Milgram - … disease and treatment, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have increased cognitive
performance in some clinical studies of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but it is has been difficult …

Multicenter, randomized, placebo‐controlled, double‐blind clinical trial of escitalopram on the progression‐delaying effects in Alzheimer's disease

YM Choe, KW Kim, JH Jhoo, SH Ryu… - … Journal of Geriatric …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives A series of preclinical studies have suggested that selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitor antidepressants not only stimulate neurogenesis but also have neuroprotective …

An antidepressant decreases CSF Aβ production in healthy individuals and in transgenic AD mice

YI Sheline, T West, K Yarasheski, R Swarm… - Science translational …, 2014 - science.org
Serotonin signaling suppresses generation of amyloid-β (Aβ) in vitro and in animal models
of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We show that in an aged transgenic AD mouse model …

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 …