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ArticleInternational journal of Alzheimer's disease2012

New acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease.

Mona Mehta, Abdu Adem, Marwan Sabbagh

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Article in International journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 145 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

145 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mona MehtaThe Cleo Roberts Center for Clinical Research, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, 10515 W Santa Fe Dr, Sun City, AZ 85351, USA.
Abdu Adem
Marwan Sabbagh

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG019610 · NIA · SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI GONZALEZ HERNANDEZ, GRACIELA · 2001 to 2020
$32.5M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG019610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) remains a highly viable target for the symptomatic improvement in Alzheimer's disease (AD) because cholinergic deficit is a consistent and early finding in AD. The treatment approach of inhibiting peripheral AchE for myasthenia gravis had effectively proven that AchE inhibition was a reachable therapeutic target. Subsequently tacrine, donepezil, rivastigmine, and galantamine were developed and approved for the symptomatic treatment of AD. Since then, multiple cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEI) continue to be developed. These include newer ChEIs, naturally derived ChEIs, hybrids, and synthetic analogues. In this paper, we summarize the different types of ChEIs in development and their respective mechanisms of actions. This pharmacological approach continues to be active with many promising compounds.

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PMID22216416
PMCPMC3246720

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