Searching for an endogenous anti-Alzheimer molecule: identifying small molecules in the brain that slow Alzheimer disease progression by inhibition of β-amyloid aggregation
Author(s) -
Autumn Meek,
Gordon A. Simms,
Donald F. Weaver
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of psychiatry and neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1488-2434
pISSN - 1180-4882
DOI - 10.1503/jpn.120166
Subject(s) - amyloid (mycology) , endogeny , neurotoxicity , chemistry , in silico , biochemistry , in vitro , in vivo , alzheimer's disease , human brain , small molecule , pharmacology , biology , neuroscience , medicine , toxicity , disease , inorganic chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , organic chemistry , gene
Alzheimer disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that progresses with marked interindividual clinical variability. We postulate the existence of endogenous molecules within the human brain exerting an antiaggregant activity that will prevent/slow Alzheimer disease progression.
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