Therapeutic approaches for memory impairments.

Pharmacological treatment strategies for the treatment in dementia disorders were described. A selection of the 15 different classes described by Fröstl and Maitre was made. In the paper there were included and described in detail the following classes: piracetam-type compounds, co-dergocrine-type compounds, vasodilators and haemorheological agents, cholinesterase inhibitors, ACTH and vasopressin analogs and angiotensin II and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. Some compounds e.g. propentofylline, vincamine, THA and RA-octil were described in more detail.