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SUBMITTER: Mendes GO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10748159 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mendes Géssica Oliveira GO Araújo Neto Moysés Fagundes de MF Barbosa Deyse Brito DB Bomfim Mayra Ramos do MRD Andrade Lorena Silva Matos LSM Carvalho Paulo Batista de PB Oliveira Tiago Alves de TA Falkoski Daniel Luciano DL Maia Eduardo Habib Bechelane EHB Valle Marcelo Siqueira MS Damázio Laila Cristina Moreira LCM Silva Alisson Marques da AMD Taranto Alex Gutterres AG Leite Franco Henrique Andrade FHA
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of cognitive functions, and it is the most prevalent type of dementia worldwide, accounting for 60 to 70% of cases. The pathogenesis of AD seems to involve three main factors: deficiency in cholinergic transmission, formation of extracellular deposits of β-amyloid peptide, and accumulation of deposits of a phosphorylated form of the TAU protein. The currently available drugs are prescribed for symptomatic t ...[more]