Methylene blue and Alzheimer's disease

M Oz, DE Lorke, GA Petroianu - Biochemical pharmacology, 2009 - Elsevier
The relationship between methylene blue (MB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) has recently
attracted increasing scientific attention since it has been suggested that MB may slow down …

Loganin improves learning and memory impairments induced by scopolamine in mice

SH Kwon, HC Kim, SY Lee, CG Jang - European Journal of Pharmacology, 2009 - Elsevier
Loganin is an iridoid glycoside found in the Flos lonicerae, Fruit cornus, and Strychonos nux
vomica. We investigated the effect of loganin on learning and memory impairments induced …

Cholinesterase inhibitors from Sargassum and Gracilaria gracilis: Seaweeds inhabiting South Indian coastal areas (Hare Island, Gulf of Mannar)

S Natarajan, KP Shanmugiahthevar… - Natural Product …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Dementia is a chronic progressive mental disorder, which adversely affects memory,
thinking, comprehension, calculation and language. Some of the commonest forms of …

Consensus superiority of the pharmacophore-based alignment, over maximum common substructure (MCS): 3D-QSAR studies on carbamates as …

SS Chaudhaery, KK Roy… - Journal of chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
In view of the nonavailability of complete X-ray structure of carbamates cocrystallized with
AChE enzyme, the 3D-QSAR model development based on cocrystallized conformer …

Effects of rivastigmine and donepezil on brain acetylcholine levels in acetylcholinesterase-deficient mice

RS Naik, J Hartmann, C Kiewert… - … of Pharmacy & …, 2009 - journals.library.ualberta.ca
Purpose. Alzheimers disease is characterized by a dysfunction of central cholinergic
systems and is treated by inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). This study tests the …

Structural model for the binding sites of allosterically potentiating ligands on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

E Luttmann, J Ludwig, A Höffle‐Maas… - ChemMedChem …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Current treatments of Alzheimer's disease include the allosteric potentiation of nicotinic
acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) response. The location of the binding site for allosteric …

Novel piperazine derivative PMS1339 exhibits tri-functional properties and cognitive improvement in mice

JMM Ezoulin, B Shao, Z Xia, Q Xie, J Li… - International Journal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Amyloid-β-induced neuroinflammation plays a central role in the extensive loss of
cholinergic neurons and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. The acetylcholinesterase …

Electrophoretically mediated microanalysis technique as a tool for the rapid screening of novel acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

M Bajda, A Więckowska, B Malawska - Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica …, 2009 - ruj.uj.edu.pl
An electrophoretically mediated microanalysis technique was developed for the rapid
screening of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. Activity of four original compounds, N …

Effect of distigmine bromide on the central cholinergic system

K Nakayama, H Katsu… - Journal of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Abstract Distigmine bromide (3, 3'-[hexamethylenebis (methyliminocarbonyloxy)] bis (1-
methylpyridinium) dibromide), an acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor, produced a time …

Estudos de Actividade Inibidora de Acetilcolinesterase e Actividade Antioxidante por Derivados de Colina de áCidos Cafeico, Cinâmico e Rosmarínico: Metabolismo …

SIP Santos - 2009 - search.proquest.com
A doença de Alzheimer (AD) é considerada a forma mais comum de demência na
população idosa. O cérebro de um doente de AD é caracterizado por uma deficiência na …