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1 Basic Theory of Pharmacology for Alzheimer's Disease |
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1.1 From the First Report of Alzheimer's Disease to Its Establishment as a Concept |
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1.2 Elucidating the Formation of Neurofibrillary Changes |
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1.3 The Acetylcholine Hypothesis |
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1.4 The Amyloid Hypothesis |
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6 | (3) |
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1.5 Development of Disease-Modifying Drugs (DMDs) Based on the Amyloid Hypothesis |
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1.5.1 Amyloid Vaccination |
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1.5.2 α/β-Secretase Inhibitors |
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1.6 Paradigm Shift of the Dementia Pathology Hypothesis |
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1.6.1 The Pathology of Abnormal Protein Accumulation Commonly Seen in Dementia |
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13 | (3) |
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1.6.2 Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Stress and Dementia |
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16 | (6) |
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22 | (5) |
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2 The Practical Pharmacology of Donepezil |
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27 | (8) |
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27 | (2) |
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28 | (1) |
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2.2.1 Effects on Cardinal Symptoms in Mild to Moderate AD |
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2.2.2 Effects on Cardinal Symptoms in Advanced AD |
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2.2.3 Effects on the Biological and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) and on Caretaker Burden |
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2.2.4 Effects on Slowing Disease Progression |
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2.3 Effects Against Vascular Dementia |
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30 | (1) |
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2.4 Effects Against Dementia with Lewy Bodies |
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31 | (1) |
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2.4.1 Intracerebral ACh Nerves |
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31 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Donepezil Effects Against DLB |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (3) |
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32 | (3) |
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3 Galantamine for Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease with Cerebrovascular Disease |
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35 | (28) |
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35 | (1) |
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3.2 Nicotinic Enhancement |
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35 | (5) |
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3.2.1 Peripheral Cholinergic Effects |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (23) |
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40 | (3) |
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43 | (2) |
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3.3.3 Cognitive and Functional Outcomes |
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45 | (2) |
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3.3.4 Galantamine and Memantine |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (2) |
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3.3.6 Cholinesterase Inhibitor Withdrawal |
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50 | (3) |
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3.3.8 Long-Term Outcomes in MCI |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (6) |
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4 Practical Pharmacology of Rivastigmine |
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63 | (42) |
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4.1 Alzheimer's Definition and Treatment Lines |
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63 | (1) |
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4.2 Biochemical and Physiological Aspects of Acetylcholine |
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64 | (3) |
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64 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Acetylcholine Synthesis and Mechanism of Action |
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64 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Acetylcholine Receptors and Actions |
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64 | (1) |
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4.2.4 Central Nervous System Cholinergic Pathways |
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65 | (1) |
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4.2.5 Functions of Acetylcholine in the Central Nervous System |
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4.2.6 Cholinergic Susceptibility in Aging Brain |
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67 | (1) |
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4.3 Cholinergic Hypothesis in Alzheimer's Disease |
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67 | (4) |
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4.3.1 Loss of Cholinergic Activity |
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67 | (1) |
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4.3.2 Role of Acetylcholine in Learning and Memory |
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68 | (1) |
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4.3.3 Questioning the Cholinergic Hypothesis |
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4.3.4 Corroborating the Cholinergic Hypothesis |
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70 | (1) |
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4.3.5 Reformulating the Cholinergic Hypothesis |
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4.4 The Interplay of Cholinergic Function and Alzheimer's Pathology |
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4.4.1 Cholinergic Agonists and Amyloid Precursor Protein Processing |
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4.4.2 Acetylcholinesterase and Butyrylcholinesterase Relationship with Beta-Amyloid |
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4.4.3 Cholinergic Agonists and Tau Protein |
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72 | (1) |
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4.4.4 Beta-Amyloid and Cholinergic Function |
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73 | (1) |
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4.5 Enhancing Cholinergic Transmission as a Therapy of Alzheimer's Disease |
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4.6 Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors |
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74 | (1) |
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4.7 Pharmacodynamic Properties of Rivastigmine |
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75 | (2) |
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4.8 Pharmacokinetic Properties of Rivastigmine |
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77 | (2) |
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4.8.1 Absorption and Distribution |
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4.8.2 Metabolism and Elimination |
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4.8.3 Special Populations |
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79 | (1) |
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4.9 Clinical Evidence Supporting the Use of Rivastigmine |
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79 | (10) |
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80 | (2) |
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4.9.2 Behavioral Symptoms |
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82 | (1) |
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4.9.3 Activities of Daily Living |
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83 | (1) |
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4.9.4 Quality of Life of Patients and Carers |
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83 | (1) |
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4.9.5 Physician-Rated Overall Impression Tests |
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4.9.6 Incidence of Adverse Events |
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84 | (5) |
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4.10 Safety and Tolerability |
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4.10.1 Risk of Overdose and Death |
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4.11 Rivastigmine Efficacy Compared with Other Cholinesterase Inhibitors |
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4.12 Rivastigmine in Clinical Practice |
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91 | (1) |
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4.13 Present and Future of Rivastigmine |
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92 | (13) |
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93 | (12) |
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5 Practical Pharmacology of Memantine |
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105 | (14) |
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105 | (2) |
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5.1.1 Glutamate and Memantine |
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105 | (1) |
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5.1.2 Effects of Memantine on Neurodegeneration |
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106 | (1) |
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5.2 Memantine in Vascular Dementia |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (5) |
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108 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Moderately Severe AD |
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108 | (2) |
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5.3.3 Mild to Moderate AD |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (2) |
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5.3.5 Safety and Tolerability |
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113 | (1) |
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5.4 Effects of Memantine in Combination with ChEIs |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (5) |
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116 | (3) |
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6 How Do We Use Symptomatic Drugs to Treat Dementia? |
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119 | (18) |
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119 | (1) |
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6.2 Characteristics of Symptomatic Drugs |
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119 | (6) |
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6.3 WFSBP Guidelines for the Treatment of Dementia |
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6.3.1 The Preventive Effects of Symptomatic Drugs |
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125 | (1) |
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6.3.2 Indications for Symptomatic Drugs |
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6.3.3 Selection of Drugs and Their Dosage |
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126 | (1) |
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6.3.4 Start and End of Drug Administration and Monitoring |
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126 | (1) |
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6.3.5 Concomitant Therapy |
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126 | (1) |
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6.4 Use of Different Symptomatic Drugs to Suit Different Situations Based on the Guidelines Released by Japan's Six Relevant Academic Societies |
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6.4.1 Guidelines Issued by Japan' Six Relevant Academic Societies |
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126 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Policies on Using Symptomatic Drugs |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (3) |
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6.5 The Overviews of Symptomatic Drugs in AD Drug Guidelines |
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131 | (6) |
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6.5.1 Use of Anti-dementia Drugs to Treat Diseases Other Than AD |
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131 | (1) |
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6.5.2 Future Tasks and Challenges |
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131 | (3) |
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134 | (3) |
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