Acetylcholine-blocking drugs linked to Alzheimer plaques in Parkinson patients.

Health & Medicine Week | August 11, 2003 | Copyright

2003 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acetylcholine is a critical nervous system signaling molecule. In diseases such as Parkinson, blocking the actions of acetylcholine can reduce symptoms, while in Alzheimer the opposite is true - boosting acetylcholine's effects can be beneficial. In still other disorders - for example, depression and hypertension - drugs are prescribed that target other molecules, but happen to block acetylcholine as well.

But what if blocking acetylcholine promotes the likelihood of Alzheimer? This is the disturbing possibility presented by ...

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