<br><div>Zou dit waar zijn? Doorbraak ?</div><div><br></div><div>A Novel Neurotrophic Drug for Cognitive Enhancement and Alzheimer's Disease</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0027865">http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0027865</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>"..</div><div><br></div><div><div>Abstract</div><div>Currently, the major drug discovery paradigm for neurodegenerative diseases is based upon high affinity ligands for single</div><div>disease-specific targets. For Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the focus is the amyloid beta peptide (Aß) that mediates familial</div>
<div>Alzheimer’s disease pathology. However, given that age is the greatest risk factor for AD, we explored an alternative drug</div><div>discovery scheme that is based upon efficacy in multiple cell culture models of age-associated pathologies rather than</div>
<div>exclusively amyloid metabolism. Using this approach, we identified an exceptionally potent, orally active, neurotrophic</div><div>molecule that facilitates memory in normal rodents, and prevents the loss of synaptic proteins and cognitive decline in a</div>
<div>transgenic AD mouse model.</div></div><div><br></div><div>..</div><div><br></div><div>"</div><div><br></div><div>Nieuw medicijn Alzheimer een halt toeroept ?</div><div><br></div><div>Henk Elegeert</div><div><br>
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