[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of mixed pathologies in the aging brain

J Rahimi, GG Kovacs - Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2014 - Springer
The spectrum of mixed brain pathologies expands beyond accompanying vascular
pathology in brains with Alzheimer's disease-related pathology. Co-occurrence of …

The neuropathology associated with repeat expansions in the C9ORF72 gene

IRA Mackenzie, P Frick, M Neumann - Acta neuropathologica, 2014 - Springer
An abnormal expansion of a GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat in a non-coding region of the
chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 gene (C9ORF72) is the most common genetic …

Frontotemporal dementia and its subtypes: a genome-wide association study

R Ferrari, DG Hernandez, MA Nalls, JD Rohrer… - The Lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a complex disorder characterised by a broad
range of clinical manifestations, differential pathological signatures, and genetic variability …

Asymmetry and heterogeneity of Alzheimer's and frontotemporal pathology in primary progressive aphasia

MM Mesulam, S Weintraub, EJ Rogalski, C Wieneke… - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Fifty-eight autopsies of patients with primary progressive aphasia are reported. Twenty-three
of these were previously described (Mesulam et al., 2008) but had their neuropathological …

Staging TDP-43 pathology in Alzheimer's disease

KA Josephs, ME Murray, JL Whitwell, JE Parisi… - Acta …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract TDP-43 immunoreactivity occurs in 19–57% of Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases.
Two patterns of TDP-43 deposition in AD have been described involving hippocampus …

Sequential distribution of pTDP-43 pathology in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD)

J Brettschneider, K Del Tredici, DJ Irwin… - Acta …, 2014 - Springer
We examined regional distribution patterns of phosphorylated 43-kDa TAR DNA-binding
protein (pTDP-43) intraneuronal inclusions in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) …

Progranulin in neurodegenerative disease

TL Petkau, BR Leavitt - Trends in neurosciences, 2014 - cell.com
Loss-of-function mutations in the progranulin gene are a common cause of familial
frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The purpose of this review is to summarize the role of …

A platform for discovery: the University of Pennsylvania integrated neurodegenerative disease biobank

JB Toledo, VM Van Deerlin, EB Lee, ER Suh… - Alzheimer's & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are defined by the accumulation of abnormal protein
deposits in the central nervous system (CNS), and only neuropathological examination …

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration: current perspectives

L Riedl, IR Mackenzie, H Förstl, A Kurz… - Neuropsychiatric …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The term frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) refers to a group of progressive brain
diseases, which preferentially involve the frontal and temporal lobes. Depending on the …

TMEM106B protects C9ORF72 expansion carriers against frontotemporal dementia

M Van Blitterswijk, B Mullen, AM Nicholson… - Acta …, 2014 - Springer
Variants in transmembrane protein 106 B (TMEM106B) modify the disease penetrance of
frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in carriers of progranulin (GRN) mutations. We investigated …