Impaired LTP-but not LTD-like cortical plasticity in Alzheimer's disease patients

G Koch, F Di Lorenzo, S Bonnì, V Ponzo… - Journal of …, 2012 - content.iospress.com
In animal models of Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyloid-β fragments interfere with
mechanisms of cortical plasticity such as long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term …

Altered dopamine modulation of LTD-like plasticity in Alzheimer's disease patients

G Koch, Z Esposito, C Codecà, F Mori… - Clinical …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Mechanisms of synaptic plasticity like long term depression (LTD) are altered
in experimental models of Alzheimer's disease (AD). LTD-like plasticity mechanisms has not …

Long‐term potentiation–like cortical plasticity is disrupted in Alzheimer's disease patients independently from age of onset

F Di Lorenzo, V Ponzo, S Bonnì, C Motta… - Annals of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Alzheimer's disease (AD) is considered an age‐related disorder. However, it is
unclear whether AD induces the same pathological and neurophysiological modifications in …

Impaired spike timing dependent cortico-cortical plasticity in Alzheimer's disease patients

F Di Lorenzo, V Ponzo, C Motta… - Journal of …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
Background: Mechanisms of cortical plasticity have been recently investigated in
Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with transcranial magnetic stimulation protocols showing …

CSF tau levels influence cortical plasticity in Alzheimer's disease patients

G Koch, Z Esposito, H Kusayanagi… - Journal of …, 2011 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative process characterized by progressive
neuronal degeneration, reduced levels of neurotransmitters, and altered forms of synaptic …

LTP-like cortical plasticity is associated with verbal memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease patients

F Di Lorenzo, C Motta, S Bonnì, NB Mercuri… - Brain stimulation, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by a primary impairment of long-term
declarative memory caused by deposition of misfolded protein aggregates. Experimental …

Cortical plasticity in Alzheimer's disease in humans and rodents

F Battaglia, HY Wang, MF Ghilardi, E Gashi… - Biological …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine whether neocortical long-term
potentiation (LTP) is deficient in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in amyloid …

Reversal of LTP-like cortical plasticity in Alzheimer's disease patients with tau-related faster clinical progression

G Koch, F Di Lorenzo, MF Del Olmo… - Journal of …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of amyloid-ß (Aß), total tau (t-tau), and
phosphorylated tau proteins are associated with different clinical progression in Alzheimer's …

Comparison of the effect of exercise on late-phase LTP of the dentate gyrus and CA1 of Alzheimer's disease model

AT Dao, MA Zagaar, AT Levine, KA Alkadhi - Molecular neurobiology, 2016 - Springer
We investigated the neuroprotective effect of regular treadmill exercise training on long-term
memory and its correlate: the late-phase long-term potentiation (L-LTP) and plasticity-and …

Changes in cortical plasticity across the lifespan

C Freitas, J Perez, M Knobel, JM Tormos… - Frontiers in aging …, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Deterioration of motor and cognitive performance with advancing age is well documented,
but its cause remains unknown. Animal studies dating back to the late 1970s reveal that age …