Novel pharmacological strategies to treat cognitive dysfunction in COPD

慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）是一种主要的不可治愈的全球健康负担，是全球第四大死亡原因。高达60%的COPD患者患有认知功能障碍（即影响学习、记忆、注意力的大脑障碍），这通常会导致痴呆。其原因尚不清楚，因此本研究的目的是确定COPD患者患有精神障碍的原因，然后开发新的治疗方法来治疗COPD患者的这些疾病。

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a major incurable global health burden and is the 4th largest cause of death worldwide. Up to 60% of COPD patients suffer from cognitive dysfunction (i.e. a brain disorder which affects learning, memory, attention) which often leads to dementia. The reason for this is unknown so the aim of this study is to determine why people with COPD suffer from mental disorders then develop novel treatments to treat these disorders in COPD patients.