A vicious cycle of β amyloid–dependent neuronal hyperactivation

B Zott, MM Simon, W Hong, F Unger, HJ Chen-Engerer… - Science, 2019 - science.org
β-amyloid (Aβ)–dependent neuronal hyperactivity is believed to contribute to the circuit
dysfunction that characterizes the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although …

Early network dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

DJ Selkoe - Science, 2019 - science.org
Aggregation of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) in brain regions serving memory and cognition is
thought to initiate Alzheimer's disease (AD)(1). Despite myriad studies of the neurobiological …

The storm before the quiet: neuronal hyperactivity and Aβ in the presymptomatic stages of Alzheimer's disease

A Stargardt, DF Swaab, K Bossers - Neurobiology of aging, 2015 - Elsevier
Neuronal activity directly promotes the production and secretion of amyloid β (Aβ).
Interestingly, neuronal hyperactivity can be observed in presymptomatic stages of both …

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 …

Amyloid-β–induced neuronal dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease: from synapses toward neural networks

JJ Palop, L Mucke - Nature neuroscience, 2010 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease is the most frequent neurodegenerative disorder and the most common
cause of dementia in the elderly. Diverse lines of evidence suggest that amyloid-β (Aβ) …

Critical role of soluble amyloid-β for early hippocampal hyperactivity in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

MA Busche, X Chen, HA Henning… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by a progressive dysfunction of central neurons.
Recent experimental evidence indicates that in the cortex, in addition to the silencing of a …

Exogenous induction of cerebral β-amyloidogenesis is governed by agent and host

M Meyer-Luehmann, J Coomaraswamy, T Bolmont… - Science, 2006 - science.org
Protein aggregation is an established pathogenic mechanism in Alzheimer's disease, but
little is known about the initiation of this process in vivo. Intracerebral injection of dilute …

Alzheimer's disease is a synaptic failure

DJ Selkoe - Science, 2002 - science.org
In its earliest clinical phase, Alzheimer's disease characteristically produces a remarkably
pure impairment of memory. Mounting evidence suggests that this syndrome begins with …

Hyperactivity induced by soluble amyloid-β oligomers in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease

A Hector, J Brouillette - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Soluble amyloid-beta oligomers (Aβo) start to accumulate in the human brain one to two
decades before any clinical symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and are implicated in …

Decreased clearance of CNS β-amyloid in Alzheimer's disease

KG Mawuenyega, W Sigurdson, V Ovod, L Munsell… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Alzheimer's disease is hypothesized to be caused by an imbalance between β-amyloid (Aβ)
production and clearance that leads to Aβ accumulation in the central nervous system …