Do studies on cortical plasticity provide a rationale for using non-invasive brain stimulation as a treatment for Parkinson's disease patients?

G Koch - Frontiers in neurology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Animal models of Parkinson's disease (PD) have shown that key mechanisms of cortical
plasticity such as long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) can be …

Catecholaminergic neuronal loss in locus coeruleus of aged female dtg APP/PS1 mice

JN O'Neil, PR Mouton, Y Tizabi, MA Ottinger… - Journal of chemical …, 2007 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia afflicting the elderly. In
addition to the presence of cortical senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, AD is …

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 …

Endogenous secreted amyloid precursor protein-α regulates hippocampal NMDA receptor function, long-term potentiation and spatial memory

CJ Taylor, DR Ireland, I Ballagh, K Bourne… - Neurobiology of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Secreted amyloid precursor protein-α (sAPPα) levels are reduced during the pathogenesis
of Alzheimer's disease, but the significance of this for neural function is not well understood …

Transgenic mice with chronic NGF deprivation and Alzheimer's disease-like pathology display hippocampal region-specific impairments in short-and long-term …

G Houeland, A Romani, C Marchetti… - Journal of …, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
The etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains elusive. The “amyloid” hypothesis states
that toxic action of accumulated β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) on synaptic function causes AD …

Frequency dependency of NMDA receptor‐dependent synaptic plasticity in the hippocampal CA1 region of freely behaving mice

A Buschler, JJ Goh, D Manahan‐Vaughan - Hippocampus, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Hippocampal synaptic plasticity in the form of long‐term potentiation (LTP) and long‐term
depression (LTD) is likely to enable synaptic information storage in support of memory …

Amyloid β/PKC-dependent alterations in NMDA receptor composition are detected in early stages of Alzheimer´ s disease

C Ortiz-Sanz, U Balantzategi, T Quintela-López… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Amyloid beta (Aβ)-mediated synapse dysfunction is an early event in Alzheimer's disease
(AD) pathogenesis and previous studies suggest that NMDA receptor (NMDAR) …

Synaptic plasticity defect following visual deprivation in Alzheimer's disease model transgenic mice

CM William, ML Andermann, GJ Goldey… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Amyloid-β (Aβ)-induced changes in synaptic function in experimental models of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) suggest that Aβ generation and accumulation may affect fundamental …

Chronic psychosocial stress exacerbates impairment of synaptic plasticity in β-amyloid rat model of Alzheimer's disease: prevention by nicotine

KA Alkadhi, KH Alzoubi… - Current Alzheimer …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a degenerative disorder that leads to progressive, irreversible
cognitive decline. It develops as a result of over-production and aggregation of β-amyloid …

Adnp-mutant mice with cognitive inflexibility, CaMKIIα hyperactivity, and synaptic plasticity deficits

H Cho, T Yoo, H Moon, H Kang, Y Yang, MS Kang… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
ADNP syndrome, involving the ADNP transcription factor of the SWI/SNF chromatin-
remodeling complex, is characterized by developmental delay, intellectual disability, and …