Memantine: "hypothesis testing" not "disease modifying" in Alzheimer's disease

Am J Pathol. 2010 Feb;176(2):540-1. doi: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.090856. Epub 2009 Dec 17.

Abstract

This commentary discusses the role of memantine in treating Alzheimer Disease.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease / drug therapy
  • Alzheimer Disease / etiology*
  • Alzheimer Disease / metabolism
  • Alzheimer Disease / pathology
  • Amyloid / drug effects
  • Amyloid / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Antiparkinson Agents / pharmacology
  • Antiparkinson Agents / therapeutic use
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Concept Formation / physiology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Humans
  • Memantine / pharmacology*
  • Memantine / therapeutic use
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • Amyloid
  • Antiparkinson Agents
  • Memantine