The cholinergic system in the pathophysiology and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

H Hampel, MM Mesulam, AC Cuello, MR Farlow… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Cholinergic synapses are ubiquitous in the human central nervous system. Their high
density in the thalamus, striatum, limbic system, and neocortex suggest that cholinergic …

Neuronal hyperexcitability in Alzheimer's disease: what are the drivers behind this aberrant phenotype?

H Targa Dias Anastacio, N Matosin, L Ooi - Translational psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder leading to loss of
cognitive abilities and ultimately, death. With no cure available, limited treatments mostly …

Complement C1q-dependent excitatory and inhibitory synapse elimination by astrocytes and microglia in Alzheimer's disease mouse models

B Dejanovic, T Wu, MC Tsai, D Graykowski… - Nature Aging, 2022 - nature.com
Microglia and complement can mediate neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD). By
integrative multi-omics analysis, here we show that astrocytic and microglial proteins are …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease: shared molecular mechanisms and potential common therapeutic targets

R Hamzé, E Delangre, S Tolu, M Moreau… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global prevalence of diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease is increasing alarmingly
with the aging of the population. Numerous epidemiological data suggest that there is a …

GABAA receptors: structure, function, pharmacology, and related disorders

A Ghit, D Assal, AS Al-Shami, DEE Hussein - Journal of Genetic …, 2021 - Springer
Background γ-Aminobutyric acid sub-type A receptors (GABAARs) are the most prominent
inhibitory neurotransmitter receptors in the CNS. They are a family of ligand-gated ion …

[HTML][HTML] Transformative network modeling of multi-omics data reveals detailed circuits, key regulators, and potential therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease

M Wang, A Li, M Sekiya, ND Beckmann, X Quan… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
To identify the molecular mechanisms and novel therapeutic targets of late-onset
Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD), we performed an integrative network analysis of multi-omics …

Glutamate and GABA in microglia-neuron cross-talk in Alzheimer's disease

GA Czapski, JB Strosznajder - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The physiological balance between excitation and inhibition in the brain is significantly
affected in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Several neuroactive compounds and their signaling …

Increased excitatory to inhibitory synaptic ratio in parietal cortex samples from individuals with Alzheimer's disease

JC Lauterborn, P Scaduto, CD Cox… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Synaptic disturbances in excitatory to inhibitory (E/I) balance in forebrain circuits are thought
to contribute to the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia, although direct …

Impairments of neural circuit function in Alzheimer's disease

MA Busche, A Konnerth - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
An essential feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ)
peptides in the brain, many years to decades before the onset of overt cognitive symptoms …

[HTML][HTML] GABAergic dysfunction, neural network hyperactivity and memory impairments in human aging and Alzheimer's disease

J Jiménez-Balado, TS Eich - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this review, we focus on the potential role of the γ-aminobutyric acidergic (GABAergic)
system in age-related episodic memory impairments in humans, with a particular focus on …