Cholinergic System Neurodegeneration: Novel Pharmacotherapy
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Discovery, Development and Delivery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 6171
Special Issue Editors
Interests: basal forebrain cholinergic neurons; neurotoxicity; environmental pollutants; cognitive disorders
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, entitled “Cholinergic System Neurodegeneration: Novel therapies”, will mainly focus on the molecular, structural, neurochemical, pathological, and behavioral studies of the cholinergic system’s neurodegeneration, its impact on disease, and novel therapies used to avoid them.
Acetylcholine was the first neurotransmitter identified by the studies of Henry Dale and Otto Loewi in 1936, which discovered chemical neurotransmission and afterwards the complex regulation of the cholinergic system and its functions. Cholinergic transmission regulates many functions peripherally (cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory, and reproductive systems, among others) and on the central nervous system (affective, memory, learning, and sleep regulation, among others), and its disruption is involved in different harmful neuropathologies.
As Guest Editor, I would be very pleased if you contributed to this Special Issue with either an original research paper or a focused review with emphasis on cholinergic system neurodegeneration and potential therapeutic approaches.
Prof. Dr. Javier del Pino
Dr. Paula Moyano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cholinergic system
- neurodegeneration
- acetylcholine
- cholinergic neurons
- cholinergic pathologies
- therapeutic approaches
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