Basal forebrain cholinergic signalling: development, connectivity and roles in cognition

MR Ananth, P Rajebhosale, R Kim… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Acetylcholine plays an essential role in fundamental aspects of cognition. Studies that have
mapped the activity and functional connectivity of cholinergic neurons have shown that the …

[HTML][HTML] Role of calcium modulation in the pathophysiology and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

D Baracaldo-Santamaría, SS Avendaño-Lopez… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease and the most frequent
cause of progressive dementia in senior adults. It is characterized by memory loss and …

Heart-brain connections: Phenotypic and genetic insights from magnetic resonance images

B Zhao, T Li, Z Fan, Y Yang, J Shu, X Yang, X Wang… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Cardiovascular health interacts with cognitive and mental health in complex ways, yet little is
known about the phenotypic and genetic links of heart-brain systems. We quantified heart …

New perspectives on the basal forebrain cholinergic system in Alzheimer's disease

AS Berry, TM Harrison - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The basal forebrain cholinergic system (BFCS) has long been implicated in age-related
cognitive changes and the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Limitations of …

Structural (dys) connectivity associates with cholinergic cell density in Alzheimer's disease

CP Lin, I Frigerio, BDC Boon, Z Zhou, AJM Rozemuller… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease, specifically amnestic (memory dominant) deficits,
are associated with cholinergic degeneration in the basal forebrain. The cholinergic nucleus …

α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the hippocampal circuit: Taming complexity

AC Letsinger, Z Gu, JL Yakel - Trends in neurosciences, 2022 - cell.com
Cholinergic innervation of the hippocampus uses the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh)
to coordinate neuronal circuit activity while simultaneously influencing the function of non …

Targeting the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor in Alzheimer's disease

L Dwomoh, GS Tejeda, AB Tobin - Neuronal Signaling, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and
despite extensive research, only a few drugs are available for management of the disease …

Structural Degeneration of the Nucleus basalis of Meynert in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease–Evidence from an MRI-based Meta-Analysis

M Mieling, H Meier, N Bunzeck - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent models of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) suggest that neuropathological changes of the
medial temporal lobe, especially entorhinal cortex, are preceded by degenerations of the …

[HTML][HTML] The nerve growth factor metabolic pathway dysregulation as cause of Alzheimer's cholinergic atrophy

S Do Carmo, B Kannel, AC Cuello - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The cause of the loss of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (BFCNs) and their terminal
synapses in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has provoked …

[HTML][HTML] The Brilliance of the Zebrafish Model: Perception on Behavior and Alzheimer's Disease

A Shenoy, M Banerjee, A Upadhya… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) has become extremely prevalent in the elderly and aging
population across the world. It's pathophysiological markers such as overproduction along …