Alzheimer's disease, β‐amyloid, glutamate, NMDA receptors and memantine–searching for the connections

W Danysz, CG Parsons - British journal of pharmacology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
β‐amyloid (Aβ) is widely accepted to be one of the major pathomechanisms underlying
Alzheimer's disease (AD), although there is presently lively debate regarding the relative …

Glutamate system, amyloid β peptides and tau protein: functional interrelationships and relevance to Alzheimer disease pathology

TJ Revett, GB Baker, J Jhamandas, S Kar - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2013 - jpn.ca
Alzheimer disease is the most prevalent form of dementia globally and is characterized
premortem by a gradual memory loss and deterioration of higher cognitive functions and …

Memantine: a NMDA receptor antagonist that improves memory by restoration of homeostasis in the glutamatergic system-too little activation is bad, too much is even …

CG Parsons, A Stöffler, W Danysz - Neuropharmacology, 2007 - Elsevier
The neurotransmitter glutamate activates several classes of metabotropic receptor and three
major types of ionotropic receptor–α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid …

What have we learned from the streptozotocin-induced animal model of sporadic Alzheimer's disease, about the therapeutic strategies in Alzheimer's research

M Salkovic-Petrisic, A Knezovic, S Hoyer… - Journal of neural …, 2013 - Springer
Experimental models that faithfully mimic the developmental pathology of sporadic
Alzheimer's disease (sAD) in humans are important for testing the novel therapeutic …

Behavioral assays with mouse models of Alzheimer's disease: practical considerations and guidelines

D Puzzo, L Lee, A Palmeri, G Calabrese… - Biochemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
In Alzheimer's disease (AD) basic research and drug discovery, mouse models are essential
resources for uncovering biological mechanisms, validating molecular targets and screening …

Pre-symptomatic Caspase-1 inhibitor delays cognitive decline in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease and aging

J Flores, A Noël, B Foveau, O Beauchet… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Early therapeutic interventions are essential to prevent Alzheimer Disease (AD). The
association of several inflammation-related genetic markers with AD and the early activation …

[HTML][HTML] Memantine improves cognition and reduces Alzheimer's-like neuropathology in transgenic mice

H Martinez-Coria, KN Green, LM Billings… - The American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Memantine is an N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist that is approved for the treatment
of moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this study, three groups of triple …

Drug discovery in dementia: the role of rodent models

D Van Dam, PP De Deyn - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2006 - nature.com
Recent advances in the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying
Alzheimer's disease have pointed to novel strategies for drug development. Animal models …

Pharmacodynamics of memantine: an update

CG Parsons, G Rammes… - Current …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Memantine received marketing authorization from the European Agency for the Evaluation
of Medicinal Products (EMEA) for the treatment of moderately severe to severe Alzheimer's …

Glutamate–glutamine cycling in Alzheimer's disease

HS Walton, PR Dodd - Neurochemistry international, 2007 - Elsevier
In addition to its definitive pathological characteristics, neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary
tangles, Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain exhibits regionally variable neuronal loss and …