The Physiological and Pathophysiological Role of Epinephrine and Nor-Epinephrine in Alzheimer’s Disease- A Short Communication

Mirza Muhammad Fahd Qadir, Attya Bhatti, Sidrah Anjum, Muhammad Usman Ashraf, Peter John

Abstract


Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neuropathic disorder seen in older patients, resulting from a wide plethora of symptoms. Some of these symptoms include loss of cognitive and higher brain function at large. Clinical evidence points at the potential involvement of loss of adrenergic activity in the brain with this loss of cognitive function.

Keywords


Locus Ceruleus, Adrenergic, Aβ, Alzheimer’s, Cognitive

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