An antidepressant decreases CSF Aβ production in healthy individuals and in transgenic AD mice

YI Sheline, T West, K Yarasheski, R Swarm… - Science translational …, 2014 - science.org
Serotonin signaling suppresses generation of amyloid-β (Aβ) in vitro and in animal models
of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We show that in an aged transgenic AD mouse model …

Serotonin signaling is associated with lower amyloid-β levels and plaques in transgenic mice and humans

JR Cirrito, BM Disabato, JL Restivo… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ) as toxic oligomers and amyloid plaques within the brain
appears to be the pathogenic event that initiates Alzheimer's disease (AD) lesions. One …

[HTML][HTML] Redundant Gs-coupled serotonin receptors regulate amyloid-β metabolism in vivo

JR Fisher, CE Wallace, DL Tripoli, YI Sheline… - Molecular …, 2016 - Springer
Background The aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ) into insoluble plaques is a hallmark
pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Previous work has shown increasing serotonin …

Effect of escitalopram on Aβ levels and plaque load in an Alzheimer mouse model

JR Cirrito, CE Wallace, P Yan, TA Davis, WD Gardiner… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Background Several neurotransmitter receptors activate signaling pathways that alter
processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) into β-amyloid (Aβ). Serotonin signaling …

Resveratrol for Alzheimer's disease

C Sawda, C Moussa, RS Turner - … of the New York Academy of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The amyloid hypothesis suggests that the progressive accumulation and deposition of
central nervous system (CNS) amyloid with aging is the proximate cause of Alzheimer's …

[HTML][HTML] Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and Alzheimer's disease

B Mdawar, E Ghossoub, R Khoury - Neural regeneration research, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Given the failure to develop disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD),
strategies aiming at preventing or delaying the onset of the disease are being prioritized …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological treatment of depression in Alzheimer's disease: a challenging task

T Cassano, S Calcagnini, A Carbone… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Besides the memory impairment, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is often complicated by
neuropsychiatric symptoms also known as behavioral and psychological symptoms of …

[HTML][HTML] Early administration of RS 67333, a specific 5-HT4 receptor agonist, prevents amyloidogenesis and behavioral deficits in the 5XFAD mouse model of …

P Giannoni, F Gaven, D De Bundel… - Frontiers in aging …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Amyloid β (Aβ) accumulation is considered the main culprit in the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent studies suggest that decreasing Aβ production at very …

Plaque‐associated disruption of CSF and plasma amyloid‐β (Aβ) equilibrium in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

RB DeMattos, KR Bales, M Parsadanian… - Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
To better understand amyloid‐β (Aβ) metabolism in vivo, we assessed the concentration of
Aβ in the CSF and plasma of APPV717F (PDAPP) transgenic mice, a model that develops …

Anti-inflammatory drug therapy alters β-amyloid processing and deposition in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease

Q Yan, J Zhang, H Liu, S Babu-Khan… - Journal of …, 2003 - Soc Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by a microglial-mediated inflammatory response
elicited by extensive amyloid deposition in the brain. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug …