Current Approaches in Alzheimer's Disease Treatment

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease is a disease that causes progressive and irreversible damage to nerve cells, characterized by cognitive and memory impairment. It is the world's leading cause of dementia and the population of Alzheimer's patients is growing rapidly. The reasons such as the etiology of the disease not being determined yet, the increase in the patient population over the years, the lack of a radical treatment, the decrease in the quality of life of the patients increase the importance of the disease and direct the researchers to this field. In this review, general information about Alzheimer's and current treatment approaches that modify and improve the disease are examined.

Keywords

• Alzheimer's disease
• amyloid beta
• tau protein

Alzheimer Hastalığı Tedavisindeki Güncel Yaklaşımlar

Abstract

Alzheimer hastalığı bilişsel ve hafıza bozukluğu ile karakterize ilerleyici ve geri dönüşü olmayan sinir hücrelerinin hasarına yol açan bir hastalıktır. Dünyanın önde gelen demans nedenidir ve Alzheimer hastalarının popülasyonu hızla artmaktadır. Hastalığın etiyolojisinin henüz tam olarak belirlenememesi, hasta popülasyonunun yıllar geçtikçe artması, radikal bir tedavinin olmayışı, hastaların yaşam kalitesini oldukça düşürmesi gibi sebepler hastalığın önemini arttırmakta ve araştırmacıları bu alana yönlendirmektedir. Bu derlemede Alzheimer ile ilgili genel bilgiler ve hastalığı modifiye edici, iyileştirici güncel tedavi yaklaşımları incelenmiştir.

Keywords

• Alzheimer hastalığı
• amiloid beta
• tau proteini

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