scholarly journals Donepezil-induced Cervical Dystonia in Alzheimer's Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review of Dystonia due to Cholinesterase Inhibitors

2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (9) ◽  
pp. 1007-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Ikeda ◽  
Masaru Yanagihashi ◽  
Masahiro Sawada ◽  
Sayori Hanashiro ◽  
Kiyokazu Kawabe ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng‐Hsuan Li ◽  
Sung‐Pin Fan ◽  
Ta‐Fu Chen ◽  
Ming‐Jang Chiu ◽  
Ruoh‐Fang Yen ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Keng Yoon Yeong ◽  
Christine Law

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that has affected millions of people worldwide. However, currently there is no treatment to cure the disease. The AD drugs available in the market only manage the disease symptomatically and the effects are usually short-term. Thus, there is a need to look at alternatives AD therapies. Mid-life hypertension has not only been recognised as a risk factor for AD, but its relation with AD has also been well established. Thus, antihypertensives are postulated to be beneficial in managing AD. This literature review aims to shed some light on the potential of repurposing antihypertensives to treat AD, considering recent updates. Four classes of antihypertensives, as well as their potential limitations and future prospects in being utilised as AD therapeutics are discussed in this review.


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 688-705
Author(s):  
Taibi Ben Hadda ◽  
Abdur Rauf ◽  
Hsaine Zgou ◽  
Fatma Sezer Senol ◽  
Ilkay Erdogan Orhan ◽  
...  

Background:Since deficit of acetylcholine has been evidenced in the Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients, cholinesterase inhibitors are currently the most specified drug category for the remediation of AD.Method:In the present study, 16 compounds (1-16) with dicarbonyl skeletons have been synthesized and tested for their inhibitory potential in vitro against AChE and BChE using ELISA microtiter plate assays at 100 μg/mL. Since metal accumulation is related to AD, the compounds were also tested for their metal-chelation capacity.Results and Conclusion:All the investigated dicarbonyl compounds exerted none or lower than 30% inhibition against both cholinesterases, whereas compounds 2, 8 and 11 showed 37, 42, 41% of inhibition towards BChE, being the most active. The highest metal-chelation capacity was observed with compound 8 (53.58 ± 2.06%). POM and DFT analyses are in good harmonization with experimental data.


2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haythum O. Tayeb ◽  
Hyun Duk Yang ◽  
Bruce H. Price ◽  
Frank I. Tarazi

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