Preventing dementia by preventing stroke: the Berlin Manifesto

V Hachinski, K Einhäupl, D Ganten, S Alladi… - Alzheimer's & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The incidence of stroke and dementia are diverging across the world, rising for those in low-
and middle-income countries and falling in those in high-income countries. This suggests …

β-Amyloid: the key peptide in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

X Sun, WD Chen, YD Wang - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The amyloid β peptide (Aβ) is a critical initiator that triggers the progression of Alzheimer's
Disease (AD) via accumulation and aggregation, of which the process may be caused by Aβ …

Transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

GA Elder, MA Gama Sosa… - Mount Sinai Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of senile dementia in the United States and
Europe. At present, there is no effective treatment. Given the disease's prevalence and poor …

[HTML][HTML] The amyloid precursor protein: a biochemical enigma in brain development, function and disease

NN Nalivaeva, AJ Turner - FEBS letters, 2013 - Elsevier
For 20 years the amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer disease (AD) has placed the
amyloid-β peptide (Aβ), formed from the amyloid precursor protein (APP), centre stage in the …

Preclinical models of Alzheimer's disease: relevance and translational validity

K Mullane, M Williams - Current protocols in pharmacology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The only drugs currently approved for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are four
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and the NMDA antagonist memantine. Apart from these …

Modeling Alzheimer's disease in transgenic rats

S Do Carmo, AC Cuello - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2013 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. At the diagnostic stage, the
AD brain is characterized by the accumulation of extracellular amyloid plaques, intracellular …

Animal transgenesis: an overview

MA Gama Sosa, R De Gasperi, GA Elder - Brain Structure and Function, 2010 - Springer
Transgenic animals are extensively used to study in vivo gene function as well as to model
human diseases. The technology for producing transgenic animals exists for a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of exercise modalities that reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines in humans and animals' models with mild cognitive impairment or dementia

S Ayari, A Abellard, M Carayol, E Guedj… - Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate which type, frequency, duration, intensity, and volume of chronic
exercise might more strongly reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines and enhance anti …

Toxin-induced experimental models of learning and memory impairment

SV More, H Kumar, DY Cho, YS Yun… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Animal models for learning and memory have significantly contributed to novel strategies for
drug development and hence are an imperative part in the assessment of therapeutics …

Exogenous seeding of cerebral β‐amyloid deposition in βAPP‐transgenic rats

RF Rosen, JJ Fritz, J Dooyema… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
J. Neurochem.(2012) 120, 660–666. Abstract Deposition of the amyloid‐β (Aβ) peptide in
senile plaques and cerebral Aβ angiopathy (CAA) can be stimulated in Aβ‐precursor protein …