Article
New approaches to diagnose and treat Alzheimer's disease: a glimpse of the future.
Clinics in geriatric medicine - 1 May 2001
Galasko D
Abstract excerpt
An explosion of scientific and clinical knowledge about Alzheimer's disease now provides a basis for selecting targets for treatment aimed at slowing progression of dementia or delaying the onset of or preventing Alzheimer's disease. The rationale that underlies several promising approaches to treatment are reviewed. Novel forms of treatment are most effective when combined with sensitive clinical methods to...
Topics
- Aged
- Alzheimer Disease
- Amyloid
- Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases
- Animals
- Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases
- Biomarkers
- Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Progression
- Endopeptidases
- Estrogen Replacement Therapy
- Forecasting
- Humans
- Inflammation
- Mice
- Mutation
- Oxidative Stress
