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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Role of Cholinergic Signaling in Alzheimer's Disease.

Zhi-Ru Chen, Jia-Bao Huang, Shu-Long Yang, Fen-Fang Hong

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 406 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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406citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
114.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

406 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 724 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhi-Ru ChenExperimental Center of Pathogen Biology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China.
Jia-Bao HuangExperimental Center of Pathogen Biology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China.
Shu-Long YangDepartment of Physiology, Fuzhou Medical College, Nanchang University, Fuzhou 344099, China.
Fen-Fang HongExperimental Center of Pathogen Biology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China.
Nanchang University · CN

Funding

Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China 20212BAB206092National Natural Science Foundation of China 82060661, 81660751, 81660151
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter secreted by cholinergic neurons, is involved in signal transduction related to memory and learning ability. Alzheimer's disease (AD), a progressive and commonly diagnosed neurodegenerative disease, is characterized by memory and cognitive decline and behavioral disorders. The pathogenesis of AD is complex and remains unclear, being affected by various factors. The cholinergic hypothesis is the earliest theory about the pathogenesis of AD. Cholinergic atrophy and cognitive decline are accelerated in age-related neurodegenerative diseases such as AD. In addition, abnormal central cholinergic changes can also induce abnormal phosphorylation of ttau protein, nerve cell inflammation, cell apoptosis, and other pathological phenomena, but the exact mechanism of action is still unclear. Due to the complex and unclear pathogenesis, effective methods to prevent and treat AD are unavailable, and research to explore novel therapeutic drugs is various and active in the world. This review summaries the role of cholinergic signaling and the correlation between the cholinergic signaling pathway with other risk factors in AD and provides the latest research about the efficient therapeutic drugs and treatment of AD.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseNeurodegenerative DiseasesAcetylcholineCholinergic AgentsHumansSignal TransductionAcetylcholineCholinergic AgentsAlzheimer’s diseasecholinergic signalingdrugs and treatment of Alzheimer’s diseaseneurodegenerative disease

Identifiers

PMID35335180
PMCPMC8949236
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