Drug design and discovery in Alzheimer's disease /

Drug Design and Discovery in Alzheimer's Disease includes expert reviews of recent developments in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and neurodegenerative disease research. Originally published by Bentham as Frontiers in Drug Design and Discovery, Volume 6and now distributed by Elsevier, this compi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rahman, Atta-ur-, 1942- (Editor ), Choudhary, Muhammad Iqbal (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2014]
Temas:
Alzheimer's disease > Chemotherapy.
Alzheimer's disease > Treatment.
Drugs > Design.
Alzheimer Disease > drug therapy
Drug Delivery Systems
Drug Design
Maladie d'Alzheimer > Chimioth�erapie.
Maladie d'Alzheimer > Traitement.
M�edicaments > Conception.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
MEDICAL > Chemotherapy.
Alzheimer's disease > Chemotherapy
Alzheimer's disease > Treatment
Drugs > Design
Internet Resources.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Drug Design and Discovery in Alzheimer's Disease; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1: Pharmacotherapy of Alzheimer's Disease: Current State and Future Perspectives; Abstract; 1. Alzheimer's Disease
  • Historic Overview; 2. Current Status and Prevalence of AD; 3. Risk Factors for AD; 4. Cholinergic Theory; 5. Cholinesterases; 6. Current Therapeutic Approaches to AD; 7. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Conflict of Interest; References; Chapter 2: Challenges in Designing Therapeutic Agents for Treatingalzheimer's Disease-From Serendipity to Rationality.
  • AbstractIntroduction; Alzheimer's Disease (AD); Challenges in Designing Alzheimer's Medicines; Symptomatic Drugs; Disease Modifying Drugs (Investigative Approaches); Rational Approaches to Design AD Drugs; Multi-Target-Directed Ligand (MTDL) Design Strategy; Concluding Remarks & Future Prospects; Acknowledgements; Conflict of Interest; Abbreviations; References; Chapter 3: Enzyme Inhibitors Involved in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease; Abstract; Introduction; Pathophysiology of Alzheimer Disease; Overview on Key Enzymes Involved in Alzheimer's Disease.
  • Clinically Used Enzymes Inhibitors for Alzheimer's DiseaseCurrent Enzyme-Targeted Drug Development Foralzheimer's Disease; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Conflict of Interest; Abbreviations; References; Chapter 4: Towards Small Molecules as Therapies for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Disorders; Abstract; Introduction to Neurodegenerative Diseases; Alzheimer's Disease: Etiology and the �-Amyloid Hypothesis; BACE1 and the �-Amyloid Hypothesis; The Evolution of BACE1 Inhibitors; BACE1 Inhibitors: Uncovering "Chemical Truffles" in Pre-Clinical Drug Discovery.
  • HD and Mitochondrial DysfunctionThe Synergy Between Aggregation and Autophagy; Transcriptional Regulation; Other Biological Pathway Deficits; Perspectives for HD; Conclusive Remarks; Acknowledgements; Conflict of Interest; Abbreviations; References; Chapter 5: Multifunctional Enzyme Inhibition for Neuroprotection
  • A Focus on MAO, NOS, and AChE Inhibitors; Abstract; Introduction; Monoamine Oxidase
  • Isoforms and Function; Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS)
  • Isoforms and Structure; Acetylcholinesterase
  • Structure and Function; Conclusion and Future Developments; Acknowledgements.

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