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Drugs for cognitive disorders 

Drugs for cognitive disorders
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Drugs for cognitive disorders
Author(s):

Leslie Iversen

DOI:
10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0157
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date: 27 October 2020

Cognitive disorders are among the most difficult of all nervous system illnesses to treat as they affect the most complex and least clearly understood aspects of brain function. Animal studies cannot accurately mirror the complexities of human cognition, and there are few, if any, animal models of human cognitive illnesses. As so few drugs have been found to exert clinically significant effects, animal models for testing novel cognition-enhancing agents have unknown predictive value. However, progress has been made in recent years with improved international agreement on the criteria used to approve new cognition-enhancing drugs, and the introduction of new drugs for the treatment of dementia.

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