[HTML][HTML] Applying the Bradford Hill criteria for causation to repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy

CJ Nowinski, SC Bureau, ME Buckland… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with a
history of repetitive head impacts (RHI). CTE was described in boxers as early as the 1920s …

Tau and tauopathies

T Arendt, JT Stieler, M Holzer - Brain research bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
Most neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by intracellular aggregates of insoluble
proteins. As for the majority of these disorders, aetiology and pathogenesis are only poorly …

Aging-related tau astrogliopathy (ARTAG): harmonized evaluation strategy

GG Kovacs, I Ferrer, LT Grinberg, I Alafuzoff… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
Pathological accumulation of abnormally phosphorylated tau protein in astrocytes is a
frequent, but poorly characterized feature of the aging brain. Its etiology is uncertain, but its …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular pathological classification of neurodegenerative diseases: turning towards precision medicine

GG Kovacs - International journal of molecular sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are characterized by selective dysfunction and loss of
neurons associated with pathologically altered proteins that deposit in the human brain but …

[HTML][HTML] Classification of diseases with accumulation of Tau protein

GG Kovacs, B Ghetti, M Goedert - Neuropathology and applied …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abnormal filaments of known composition in neurons and glia define many sporadic and
hereditary human neurodegenerative diseases. The pathogenic significance of filamentous …

Is biological aging accelerated in drug addiction?

K Bachi, S Sierra, ND Volkow, RZ Goldstein… - Current opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Accelerated aging happens when biological age outpaces chronological age.•In
addiction the early-onset of comorbid diseases remains mostly undetected.•Oxidation …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammatory markers in substance use and mood disorders: a neuroimaging perspective

K Agarwal, P Manza, M Chapman, N Nawal… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chronic exposure to addictive drugs in substance use disorders and stressors in mood
disorders render the brain more vulnerable to inflammation. Inflammation in the brain, or …

[HTML][HTML] Dura mater is a potential source of Aβ seeds

GG Kovacs, MI Lutz, G Ricken, T Ströbel… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
Deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the brain parenchyma and vessels is one of the hallmarks of
Alzheimer disease (AD). Recent observations of Aβ deposition in iatrogenic Creutzfeldt …

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy neuropathology might not be inexorably progressive or unique to repetitive neurotrauma

GL Iverson, AJ Gardner, SR Shultz, GS Solomon… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In the 20th century, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was conceptualized as a
neurological disorder affecting some active and retired boxers who had tremendous …

[HTML][HTML] Juglanin ameliorates LPS-induced neuroinflammation in animal models of Parkinson's disease and cell culture via inactivating TLR4/NF-κB pathway

FX Zhang, RS Xu - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2018 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neuro-degenerative disorder, and novel therapeutic
targets are required for the treatment of PD. Juglanin is a natural compound extracted from …