Pitolisant alleviates brain network dysfunction and cognitive deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimers disease
March 27, 2025
Yang Zou,Linhan Yang,Jiahui Zhu1,Jihua Fan,Hanrun Zheng,Xiang Liao,Arthur Konnerth,Chunqing Zhan,Yun Zhang Zhiqi Yang,Kuan Zhang,Hongbo Jia,Sunny C Li6,Xiaowei Chen
Translational Psychiatry
Alzheimers disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, primarily characterized by a gradual decline in cognitive function. The most typical pathological hallmark of A? is amyloid-beta plaques. In recent years, numerous monoclonal antibodies targeting brain A? have entered clinical trials. Among them, donanemab and lecanemab have shown remarkable efficacy in clearing AB plaques from the brain of AD patients. However, the improvement in cognitive abilities is limited, as they might not reverse the neuronal impairments that have occurred widely in the brain networks. Clearly, lessons learned from these clinical trials suggest that a strategy solely targeting AB clearance does not fully correlate with improvements in patients cognitive function.
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