What is it about?
Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative, progressive brain disorder and the most common form of dementia. Dementia is a clinical condition characterized by a progressive deterioration in cognitive domains, including memory, language, executive and visuospatial function, personality, and behavior.
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Why is it important?
Alzheimer represent the involvement of environmental factors, the role of genes, social stressors, like discrimination or economic hardship, oxidative stress, mitochondrial impairment, neuroinflammation, synaptic dysfunction, blood-brain barrier disruption, nutritional deficiencies, down’s syndrome, head injuries, cardiovascular disease
Perspectives
Alzheimer’s disease is a major illness/complex progressive neurodegenerative disorder, dementia, or memory loss. This article targets to deliver a brief indication of neurotransmitter role as well as other pathophysiological variations in Alzheimer’s disease.
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This page is a summary of: Alzheimer’s disease: An update on pathophysiology and pharmacotherapy, Journal of Science and Technological Researches, December 2020, Journal of Science and Technological Researches,
DOI: 10.51514/jstr.2.4.2020.19-24.
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