Sleep deprivation and neurological disorders

M Bishir, A Bhat, MM Essa, O Ekpo… - BioMed research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sleep plays an important role in maintaining neuronal circuitry, signalling and helps
maintain overall health and wellbeing. Sleep deprivation (SD) disturbs the circadian …

Alzheimer's disease: risk factors and potentially protective measures

MVF Silva, CMG Loures, LCV Alves… - Journal of biomedical …, 2019 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and typically manifests
through a progressive loss of episodic memory and cognitive function, subsequently causing …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise, diet and stress as modulators of gut microbiota: Implications for neurodegenerative diseases

C Gubert, G Kong, T Renoir, AJ Hannan - Neurobiology of disease, 2020 - Elsevier
The last decade has witnessed an exponentially growing interest in gut microbiota and the
gut-brain axis in health and disease. Accumulating evidence from preclinical and clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic stress as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: roles of microglia-mediated synaptic remodeling, inflammation, and oxidative stress

K Bisht, K Sharma, MÈ Tremblay - Neurobiology of stress, 2018 - Elsevier
Microglia are the predominant immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS) that exert
key physiological roles required for maintaining CNS homeostasis, notably in response to …

Understanding the relationships between physiological and psychosocial stress, cortisol and cognition

KA James, JI Stromin, N Steenkamp… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Stress is viewed as a state of real or perceived threat to homeostasis, the management of
which involves the endocrine, nervous, and immune systems. These systems work …

Microglia, lifestyle stress, and neurodegeneration

C Madore, Z Yin, J Leibowitz, O Butovsky - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Recent years have witnessed a revolution in our understanding of microglia biology,
including their major role in the etiology and pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases …

Depression in neurodegenerative diseases: Common mechanisms and current treatment options

CPC Galts, LEB Bettio, DC Jewett, CC Yang… - Neuroscience & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a highly prevalent psychiatric disorder and a major
cause of disability worldwide. This neurological condition is commonly associated with …

Synthetic tau fibrils mediate transmission of neurofibrillary tangles in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's-like tauopathy

M Iba, JL Guo, JD McBride, B Zhang… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration
with tau pathologies, are neurodegenerative diseases characterized by neurofibrillary …

Association between anticholinergic medication use and cognition, brain metabolism, and brain atrophy in cognitively normal older adults

SL Risacher, BC McDonald, EF Tallman… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The use of anticholinergic (AC) medication is linked to cognitive impairment and
an increased risk of dementia. To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the …

Chronic stress and glucocorticoids: from neuronal plasticity to neurodegeneration

S Vyas, AJ Rodrigues, JM Silva, F Tronche… - Neural …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Stress and stress hormones, glucocorticoids (GCs), exert widespread actions in central
nervous system, ranging from the regulation of gene transcription, cellular signaling …