Calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) in human brain's pathophysiology: roles in late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD)

A Chiarini, ID Pra, M Marconi… - Current …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Although the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is expressed by all types of nerve cells in
widespread areas of the human central nervous system (CNS), so far its roles in brain …

Glial calcium signalling in Alzheimer's disease

D Lim, V Ronco, AA Grolla, A Verkhratsky… - Reviews of Physiology …, 2014 - Springer
The most accredited (and fashionable) hypothesis of the pathogenesis of Alzheimer Disease
(AD) sees accumulation of β-amyloid protein in the brain (in both soluble and insoluble …

Presenilins regulate calcium homeostasis and presynaptic function via ryanodine receptors in hippocampal neurons

B Wu, H Yamaguchi, FA Lai… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Presenilin (PS) plays a central role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, and loss of
PS causes progressive memory impairment and age-related neurodegeneration in the …

Rho GTPases as therapeutic targets in Alzheimer's disease

BJ Aguilar, Y Zhu, Q Lu - Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2017 - Springer
The progress we have made in understanding Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis has
led to the identification of several novel pathways and potential therapeutic targets. Rho …

Dysregulation of neuronal calcium homeostasis in Alzheimer's disease–A therapeutic opportunity?

E Popugaeva, E Pchitskaya, I Bezprozvanny - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the disease of lost memories. Synaptic loss is a major reason for
memory defects in AD. Signaling pathways involved in memory loss in AD are under intense …

Efficient high-throughput screening by endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ measurement to identify inhibitors of ryanodine receptor Ca2+-release channels

T Murayama, N Kurebayashi, M Ishigami-Yuasa… - Molecular …, 2018 - ASPET
Genetic mutations in ryanodine receptors (RyRs), Ca2+-release channels in the
sarcoplasmic reticulum essential for muscle contractions, cause various skeletal muscle and …

Subtype identification and functional characterization of ryanodine receptors in rat cerebral artery myocytes

T Vaithianathan, D Narayanan… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) regulate contractility in resistance-size cerebral artery smooth
muscle, yet their molecular identity, subcellular location, and phenotype in this tissue remain …

Ryanodine receptors

EM Capes, R Loaiza, HH Valdivia - Skeletal muscle, 2011 - Springer
Excitation-contraction coupling involves the faithful conversion of electrical stimuli to
mechanical shortening in striated muscle cells, enabled by the ubiquitous second …

Spatial learning induced changes in expression of the ryanodine type II receptor in the rat hippocampus

W Zhao, N Meiri, H Xu, S Cavallaro… - The FASEB …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Calcium signaling critical to neural functions is mediated through Ca2+ channels localized
on both the plasma membrane and intracellular organelles such as endoplasmic reticulum …

Calcium signaling, excitability, and synaptic plasticity defects in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

H Zhang, J Liu, S Sun, E Pchitskaya… - Journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and aging result in impaired ability to store memories, but the
cellular mechanisms responsible for these defects are poorly understood. Presenilin 1 (PS1) …