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SPECIAL FOCUS: Alzheimer's Disease Therapy - Review

Pharmacological approaches for Alzheimer’s disease: neurotransmitter as drug targets

Atish PrakashBrain Research Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, Campus Puncak Alam, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia;Brain Degeneration and Therapeutics Group, Brain and Neuroscience Communities of Research, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Jaspreet KalraDepartment of Pharmacology, ISF college of Pharmacy, Ghal kalan, Moga 142-001, Punjab, India
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Vasudevan ManiBrain Research Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, Campus Puncak Alam, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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Kalavathy RamasamyBrain Degeneration and Therapeutics Group, Brain and Neuroscience Communities of Research, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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Abu Bakar Abdul MajeedBrain Research Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, Campus Puncak Alam, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Pages 53-71 | Published online: 12 Dec 2014

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