AMiNDR: A Month in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

Novel Drug Development-Part 2: Alzheimer's Disease June 2020

Episode Summary

Having trouble keeping up with the literature in Alzheimer's Disease? We are here to help! Ellen tells you about more papers on drugs in development from June 2020. These studies encompass those done in vitro or using computational models, but not animal testing. This time around, she will be focusing on papers where the target is tau protein, the cholinergic system, metabolism, mitochondria, neuroinflammation, and autophagy from June 2020! If you're interested in hearing more about treatments for AD, you should also check out our episodes on pre-clinical and clinical testing.

Episode Notes

Having trouble keeping up with the literature in Alzheimer's Disease? We are here to help!  

Ellen tells you about more papers on drugs in development from June 2020.   These studies encompass those done in vitro or using computational models, but not animal testing. This time around, she will be focusing on papers where the target is tau protein, the cholinergic system, metabolism, mitochondria, neuroinflammation, and autophagy from June 2020! If you're interested in hearing more about treatments for AD, you should also check out our episodes on pre-clinical and clinical testing. 

 

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List of sections in this episode:

(2:14)      Targeting tau          

(10.13)    Targeting the cholinergic system

(20:56) Targeting metabolism

(22:05) Targeting the immune system / neuroinflammation / glia

(24.45) Targeting mitochondria and/or oxidative stress

(30.32) Targeting autophagy

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