The role of NMDA receptors in Alzheimer's disease

J Liu, L Chang, Y Song, H Li, Y Wu - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), early synaptic dysfunction is associated with the increased
oligomeric amyloid-beta peptide, which causes NMDAR-dependent synaptic depression …

Amyloid-β, tau, and the cholinergic system in Alzheimer's disease: Seeking direction in a tangle of clues

A Majdi, S Sadigh-Eteghad… - Reviews in the …, 2020 - degruyter.com
The link between histopathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD), ie amyloid
plaques, and neurofibrillary tangles, and AD-associated cognitive impairment, has long …

Discovery of potent cholinesterase inhibition-based multi-target-directed lead compounds for synaptoprotection in Alzheimer's disease

B Turgutalp, P Bhattarai, T Ercetin, C Luise… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Drug development efforts that focused on single targets failed to provide effective treatment
for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Therefore, we designed cholinesterase inhibition (ChEI) …

Amyloid-β oligomers interact with NMDA receptors containing GluN2B subunits and metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 in primary cortical neurons: Relevance to the …

K Taniguchi, F Yamamoto, A Amano, A Tamaoka… - Neuroscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent evidence suggests that soluble amyloid-β oligomers (AβOs) act as a key factor in the
pathogenetic mechanism of Alzheimer's disease (AD). AβOs induce neurotoxic and …

Knockdown of astrocytic Grin2a aggravates β‐amyloid‐induced memory and cognitive deficits through regulating nerve growth factor

Z Du, Y Song, X Chen, W Zhang, G Zhang, H Li… - Aging …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Synapse degeneration correlates strongly with cognitive impairments in Alzheimer's disease
(AD) patients. Soluble Amyloid‐beta (Aβ) oligomers are thought as the major trigger of …

Neuronal networks provide rapid neuroprotection against spreading toxicity

AJ Samson, G Robertson, M Zagnoni, CN Connolly - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Acute secondary neuronal cell death, as seen in neurodegenerative disease, cerebral
ischemia (stroke) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), drives spreading neurotoxicity into …

Therapeutic efficacy of novel memantine nitrate MN‐08 in animal models of Alzheimer's disease

L Wu, X Zhou, Y Cao, SH Mak, L Zha, N Li, Z Su… - Aging …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a leading cause of dementia in elderly individuals and
therapeutic options for AD are very limited. Over‐activation of N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate …

Cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor alleviates Aβ25-35-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress and early synaptotoxicity in rat hippocampal cells

W Zhou, L Chang, Y Fang, Z Du, Y Li, Y Song, F Hao… - Neuroscience …, 2016 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related progressive neurodegenerative disease, and
early stage AD is characterized by synaptic dysfunction generally ascribed to soluble …

Lateralized brunt of sleep deprivation on white matter injury in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease

X Mao, D Han, W Guo, W Zhang, H Wang, G Zhang… - Geroscience, 2024 - Springer
Sleep disturbance is a recognized risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the
underlying micro-pathological evidence remains limited. To bridge this gap, we established …

Amyloid-β (1-42) peptide induces rapid NMDA receptor-dependent alterations at glutamatergic synapses in the entorhinal cortex

OJ Olajide, CA Chapman - Neurobiology of Aging, 2021 - Elsevier
The hippocampus and entorhinal cortex (EC) accumulate amyloid beta peptides (Aβ) that
promote neuropathology in Alzheimer's disease, but the early effects of Aβ on excitatory …