Amyloid precursor protein processing and Alzheimer's disease

RJ O'brien, PC Wong - Annual review of neuroscience, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia worldwide, is characterized by the
accumulation of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) within the brain along with hyperphosphorylated …

Alzheimer's disease: the challenge of the second century

DM Holtzman, JC Morris, AM Goate - Science translational medicine, 2011 - science.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) was first described a little more than 100 years ago. It is the most
common cause of dementia with an estimated prevalence of 30 million people worldwide, a …

Linking lipids to Alzheimer's disease: cholesterol and beyond

G Di Paolo, TW Kim - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2011 - nature.com
Lipid-mediated signalling regulates a plethora of physiological processes, including crucial
aspects of brain function. In addition, dysregulation of lipid pathways has been implicated in …

Neuronal activity regulates the regional vulnerability to amyloid-β deposition

AW Bero, P Yan, JH Roh, JR Cirrito, FR Stewart… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Amyloid-β (Aβ) plaque deposition in specific brain regions is a pathological hallmark of
Alzheimer's disease. However, the mechanism underlying the regional vulnerability to Aβ …

Amyloid-β/Fyn–induced synaptic, network, and cognitive impairments depend on tau levels in multiple mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

ED Roberson, B Halabisky, JW Yoo, J Yao… - Journal of …, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common neurodegenerative disorder, is a growing
public health problem and still lacks effective treatments. Recent evidence suggests that …

Disrupted energy metabolism and neuronal circuit dysfunction in cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

D Kapogiannis, MP Mattson - The Lancet Neurology, 2011 - thelancet.com
Epidemiological, neuropathological, and functional neuroimaging evidence implicates
global and regional disruptions in brain metabolism and energetics in the pathogenesis of …

Resolving controversies on the path to Alzheimer's therapeutics

DJ Selkoe - Nature medicine, 2011 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease constitutes a personal and societal tragedy of immense proportions.
Since 1960, research in laboratories and clinics worldwide has elucidated many features of …

Reversing EphB2 depletion rescues cognitive functions in Alzheimer model

M Cissé, B Halabisky, J Harris, N Devidze, DB Dubal… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Amyloid-β oligomers may cause cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease by impairing
neuronal NMDA-type glutamate receptors, whose function is regulated by the receptor …

Serotonin signaling is associated with lower amyloid-β levels and plaques in transgenic mice and humans

JR Cirrito, BM Disabato, JL Restivo… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ) as toxic oligomers and amyloid plaques within the brain
appears to be the pathogenic event that initiates Alzheimer's disease (AD) lesions. One …

Endogenous amyloid‐β is necessary for hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory

D Puzzo, L Privitera, M Fa', A Staniszewski… - Annals of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: The goal of this study was to investigate the role of endogenous amyloid‐β
peptide (Aβ) in healthy brain. Methods: Long‐term potentiation (LTP), a type of synaptic …