Review: Therapy for Alzheimer's disease: how effective are current treatments?

Available symptomatic therapies for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been based on known neurotransmitter dysfunctions associated with the illness. The second-generation cholinesterase inhibitors and the N-methyl D-aspartate receptor antagonist memantine have been widely prescribe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Krista L. Lanctôt, Ryan D. Rajaram, Nathan Herrmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-05-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1756285609102724