Recent advances in Alzheimer's disease: Mechanisms, clinical trials and new drug development strategies

J Zhang, Y Zhang, J Wang, Y Xia, J Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) stands as the predominant form of dementia, presenting significant
and escalating global challenges. Its etiology is intricate and diverse, stemming from a …

Clinical trials of new drugs for Alzheimer disease

LK Huang, SP Chao, CJ Hu - Journal of biomedical science, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer disease (AD) accounts for 60–70% of dementia cases. Given the seriousness of
the disease and continual increase in patient numbers, developing effective therapies to …

The cholinergic system in the pathophysiology and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

H Hampel, MM Mesulam, AC Cuello, MR Farlow… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Cholinergic synapses are ubiquitous in the human central nervous system. Their high
density in the thalamus, striatum, limbic system, and neocortex suggest that cholinergic …

Neurotransmitter systems in the etiology of major neurological disorders: Emerging insights and therapeutic implications

M Nimgampalle, H Chakravarthy, S Sharma… - Ageing Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Neurotransmitters serve as chemical messengers playing a crucial role in information
processing throughout the nervous system, and are essential for healthy physiological and …

Alzheimer's disease: targeting the cholinergic system

TH Ferreira-Vieira, IM Guimaraes… - Current …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Acetylcholine (ACh) has a crucial role in the peripheral and central nervous systems. The
enzyme choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) is responsible for synthesizing ACh from acetyl …

Biomarkers used in Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention

YAR Mahaman, KS Embaye, F Huang, L Li, F Zhu… - Ageing research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), being the number one in terms of dementia burden, is an
insidious age-related neurodegenerative disease and is presently considered a global …

The road to restoring neural circuits for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

RG Canter, J Penney, LH Tsai - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive loss of memory and cognition, for which there is no
cure. Although genetic studies initially suggested a primary role for amyloid-in Alzheimer's …

Alzheimer disease pathogenesis: insights from molecular and cellular biology studies of oligomeric Aβ and tau species

XQ Chen, WC Mobley - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer disease (AD) represents an oncoming epidemic that without an effective
treatment promises to exact extraordinary human and financial burdens. Studies of …

Amyloid-beta and phosphorylated tau accumulations cause abnormalities at synapses of Alzheimer's disease neurons

R Rajmohan, PH Reddy - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2017 - content.iospress.com
Amyloid-beta (Aß) and hyperphosphorylated tau are hallmark lesions of Alzheimer's disease
(AD). However, the loss of synapses and dysfunctions of neurotransmission are more …

Plasma phospholipids identify antecedent memory impairment in older adults

M Mapstone, AK Cheema, MS Fiandaca, X Zhong… - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease causes a progressive dementia that currently affects over 35 million
individuals worldwide and is expected to affect 115 million by 2050 (ref. 1). There are no …