Neurogenesis in Alzheimers Disease: A Realistic Alternative to Neuronal Degeneration?

Title: Neurogenesis in Alzheimers Disease: A Realistic Alternative to Neuronal Degeneration?

Volume: 6 Issue: 3

Author(s): Rocio E. Gonzalez-Castaneda, Alma Y. Galvez-Contreras, Sonia Luquin and Oscar Gonzalez-Perez

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Keywords: Neurodegenerative disease, Alzheimer's Disease, neurogenesis, neural stem cells, cell death, pEGFR, EGFR, Endocytosis, Gefitinib, Endosomes, Lysosomes, Nucleus, NSCLC

Abstract: Neural stem cells (NSC) are cells that have the capacity to generate multiple types of differentiated brain cells. In conditions in which there is a loss of key functional cell groups, such as neurons, inducing or introducing neural stem cells to replace the function of those cells that were lost during the disease has the greatest potential therapeutic applications. Indeed, the achievement of one of the main objectives of various investigations is already on the horizon for some conditions, such as Alzheimers disease. It is not known whether impaired neurogenesis contributes to neuronal depletion and cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimers disease (AD). The results of the different investigations are controversial; some studies have found that neurogenesis is increased in AD brains, but others have not.

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E. Gonzalez-Castaneda Rocio, Y. Galvez-Contreras Alma, Luquin Sonia and Gonzalez-Perez Oscar, Neurogenesis in Alzheimers Disease: A Realistic Alternative to Neuronal Degeneration?, Current Signal Transduction Therapy 2011; 6 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157436211797483949