Are NSAIDs useful to treat Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment?

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2010, Pages

  Imbimbo, Bruno P ^a   Solfrizzi, Vincenzo ^b   Panza, Francesco ^c  

^a Research and Development Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Microglia; Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs; amyloid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899519009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2010.00019     Document Type: Review

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