Monoamine oxidase inhibitors: Promising therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease (Review)

  • Authors:
    • Zhiyou Cai
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  • Published online on: March 11, 2014     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2014.2040
  • Pages: 1533-1541
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Abstract

Activated monoamine oxidase (MAO) has a critical role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), including the formation of amyloid plaques from amyloid β peptide (Aβ) production and accumulation, formation of neurofibrillary tangles, and cognitive impairment via the destruction of cholinergic neurons and disorder of the cholinergic system. Several studies have indicated that MAO inhibitors improve cognitive deficits and reverse Aβ pathology by modulating proteolytic cleavage of amyloid precursor protein and decreasing Aβ protein fragments. Thus, MAO inhibitors may be considered as promising therapeutic agents for AD.
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Cai Z: Monoamine oxidase inhibitors: Promising therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease (Review). Mol Med Rep 9: 1533-1541, 2014
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Cai, Z. (2014). Monoamine oxidase inhibitors: Promising therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease (Review). Molecular Medicine Reports, 9, 1533-1541. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2014.2040
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Cai, Z."Monoamine oxidase inhibitors: Promising therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease (Review)". Molecular Medicine Reports 9.5 (2014): 1533-1541.
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Cai, Z."Monoamine oxidase inhibitors: Promising therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease (Review)". Molecular Medicine Reports 9, no. 5 (2014): 1533-1541. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2014.2040