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Inhibition of acetylcholine hydrolysis in the brain is used to increase acetylcholine concentration and subsequently alleviate memory disorders, restore cognitive function, and relieve symptoms of Alzheimer\u2019s disease and similar dementias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mediumlarge-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Description of invention<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The drug we have developed inhibits the hydrolysis of acetylcholine in the brain, alleviating symptoms in dogs suffering from canine cognitive impairment, which is dementia-like Alzheimer\u2019s disease. The present invention is being tested in dogs with symptoms of AD-like dementia and our goal is to market the drug for veterinary use and further test it for human use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-mediumlarge-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Main advantages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drugs developed to target Alzheimer\u2019s disease typically cause cholinergic side effects. In consequence, limited dosage may lead to decreased efficacy in later stages of the disease. The current drug works through a different mechanism of action, limiting the mentioned side effects and additionally can function in later stages of Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our drug, which inhibits the hydrolysis of acetylcholine in the brain, alleviates symptoms of Alzheimer\u2019s-like dementia in mice and dogs without causing undesirable cholinergic side effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3416,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tehnologije-kategorija-api":[579],"class_list":["post-3406","tehnologije","type-tehnologije","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tehnologije-kategorija-en-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drug targeting alleviation 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