Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Emerging Therapeutic Targets and Treatment Strategies

Dear Colleagues,

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by progressive impairment of memory and other cognitive functions. AD is preceded by mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a transitional state between normal aging and AD, which is an early warning signal of the pathology.  

As new disease-modifying treatments become available, accurate prognostics are required to guide treatment and evaluate disease progression in patients with MCI and AD. In this regard, the identification of novel pathological biomarkers is a current cornerstone of scientific investigations. Moreover, drug access to the brain is significantly hampered by the blood–brain barrier and, consequently, drug efficacy may be compromised. In this way, novel stratergies for brain delivery must be exploited in MCI and AD.

The scope of this Special Issue includes the recent advances in therapeutic targets as well as new pharmaceutical formulations and drug delivery systems for the treatment of AD and MCI. We also welcome publications that clarify and update the state-of-art of the mechanisms that underlie both pathologies. Translational investigations from both non-clinical and clinical approaches would be of great significance.

Dr. Ana Fortuna
Dr. Miren Ettcheto Arriola
Guest Editors

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