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Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

Molecular Pathology Versus Neurotransmitter-Based Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David M. Bowen
David M. Bowen*
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Miriam Marks Department of Neurochemistry, Institute of Neurology (Queen Square), 1 Wakefield Street, London WC1N 1PJ
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Cortical inhibitory neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, dopamine and noradrenaline are probably either not selectively or not critically affected in AD. It is, however, likely that a key change is shrinkage or loss of corticocortical pyramidal neurones, which probably use glutamate as their transmitter. This depletion appears to be circumscribed and clinically relevant.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 327 - 330
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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