Trabalho Final de Mestrado Integrado, Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Farmácia, 2013Background: Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with no available effective treatment yet. Synaptic dysfunction and synaptic loss is likely to be the primary cause of cognitive impairment in AD. Therefore, understanding the signaling pathways underlying amyloid β (Aβ)-mediated synaptotoxicity represents a significant tool to develop better AD therapies. The aim of this review is to elucidate physiological pathways involved in synaptic plasticity, and explore the role of Aβ and recent therapeutic strategies for AD in synaptic plasticity. Methods: The bibliographic sources used were Pubmed and Google, restric...