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A Review of the First Transdermal Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease – The Rivastigmine Patch

Currently, cholinesterase inhibitors are the mainstay in clinical practice of symptomatic treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). They are believed...

Can We Propose Rational Clinical Trials for Lewy Body Dementia?

In this article, we will consider the clinical, neurochemical, and pathological features of the various types of DLB, review therapeutic strategies...

Estrogen-containing Hormone Therapy, Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators, and Alzheimer's Disease

A number of genetic and non-genetic factors may influence the development of AD. Mutations in genes on chromosomes 14, 1, and 21, which increase...

Is the Reduced Worsening of Clinical Symptoms a More Realistic Expectation of Treatment Outcome in Patients with Alzheimer s Disease?

Treatment Response in Alzheimer's Disease Ever since the licensing of cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) and memantine for the treatment of AD, there...

Is the Reduced Worsening of Clinical Symptoms a More Realistic Expectation of Treatment Outcome in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease?

Treatment Response in Alzheimer’s DiseaseEver since the licensing of cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) and memantine for the treatment of AD,...

Pharmacological Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

Although there have been tremendous developments in the understanding of the molecular biology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), this has not yet been...

The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

The AD Neuroimaging Initiative Last fall, the NIA, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and its partners began funding the AD...

The Availability of Antidementia Drugs in Europe

Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors Research has shown that the amount of a chemical called acetylcholine diminishes in the brains of people with...

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