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Treatment of Alzheimer's disease in Iranian traditional medicine

Ahmadian-Attari MM 1 , Ahmadiani A 2 , Kamalinejad M 3 , Dargahi L 4 , Shirzad M 5 , Mosaddegh M 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Traditional Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
  • 2 Neurobiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran ; Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran ; Department of Pharmacology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Pharmacognosy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
  • 4 Neurobiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran ; Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
  • 5 Department of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Iran Red Crescent Med J, 2015 Jan;17(1):e18052.
PMID: 25763264 DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.18052

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with a high prevalence in recent years. Dramatic growth in AD prevalence has increased the importance of more researches on AD treatment. History has shown that traditional medicine can be a source of inspiration to find new therapies.

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