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Newest in this topic

  1. Use of Antihypertensives, Blood Pressure, and Estimated Risk of Dementia in Late Life: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis 2023-09-05
  2. Investigation of antihypertensive class, dementia, and cognitive decline: A meta-analysis 2019-12-11
  3. Antihypertensive agents and risk of Parkinson's disease: a nationwide cohort study 2014-06-09

Studies

6 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2005 to 2023

Top journals

  • Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin 1
  • JAMA network open 1
  • Journal of ethnopharmacology 1
  • Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) 1
  • Neurology 1

6 journals in all.

Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.

  1. Use of Antihypertensives, Blood Pressure, and Estimated Risk of Dementia in Late Life: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 84 out of 100. JAMA network open 2023-09-05 Drug development

    This individual patient data meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies found that antihypertensive use was associated with decreased dementia risk compared with individuals with untreated hypertension through all ages in late life.

  2. Investigation of antihypertensive class, dementia, and cognitive decline: A meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 81 out of 100. Neurology 2019-12-11 Drug development

    Our findings, drawn from the current evidence base, support clinical freedom in the selection of antihypertensive regimens to achieve blood pressure goals.

  3. Antihypertensive agents and risk of Parkinson's disease: a nationwide cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. PloS one 2014-06-09 Drug development

    Our study suggests centrally-acting dihydropyridine CCB use and high cumulative doses of ACEIs and ARBs may associate with a decreased incidence of PD in hypertensive patients.

  4. Selective antihypertensive dihydropyridines lower Aβ accumulation by targeting both the production and the clearance of Aβ across the blood-brain barrier

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) 2010-12-17 Drug development

    Several large population-based or clinical trial studies have suggested that certain dihydropyridine (DHP) L-type calcium channel blockers (CCBs) used for the treatment of hypertension may confer protection against the development of Alzheimer disease (AD).

  5. Antihypertensive and neuroprotective activities of rhynchophylline: the role of rhynchophylline in neurotransmission and ion channel activity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of ethnopharmacology 2010-08-22 Drug development

    Rhynchophylline was the main constituent of several components identified from Uncaria species.

  6. Antihypertensive and neuroprotective effects of astaxanthin in experimental animals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin 2005-01-01 Drug development

    Astaxanthin is a natural antioxidant carotenoid that occurs in a wide variety of living organisms.

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