[HTML][HTML] Is dysregulation of the HPA-axis a core pathophysiology mediating co-morbid depression in neurodegenerative diseases?

X Du, TY Pang - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2015 - frontiersin.org
There is increasing evidence of prodromal manifestation of neuropsychiatric symptoms in a
variety of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and Huntington's …

Genetics and underlying pathology of dementia

B Ferencz, L Gerritsen - Neuropsychology review, 2015 - Springer
As the population steadily ages, dementia, in all its forms, remains a great societal
challenge. Yet, our knowledge of their etiology remains rather limited. To this end, genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic contributions to variation in general cognitive function: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in the CHARGE consortium (N= 53 949)

G Davies, N Armstrong, JC Bis, J Bressler… - Molecular …, 2015 - nature.com
General cognitive function is substantially heritable across the human life course from
adolescence to old age. We investigated the genetic contribution to variation in this …

The effect of TOMM40 on spatial navigation in amnestic mild cognitive impairment

J Laczó, R Andel, M Vyhnalek, V Matoska, V Kaplan… - Neurobiology of …, 2015 - Elsevier
The very long (VL) poly-T variant at rs10524523 (“523”) of the TOMM40 gene may hasten
the onset of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) and induce more profound cognitive …

Structural neuroimaging genetics interactions in Alzheimer's disease

SW Moon, ID Dinov, J Kim, A Zamanyan… - Journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
This article investigates late-onset cognitive impairment using neuroimaging and genetics
biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) participants. Eight …

Opportunities in pharmacogenomics for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

R Cacabelos, C Torrellas, I Carrera - Future Neurology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), approximately 10–20% of direct costs are associated with
pharmacological treatment. Pharmacogenomics account for 30–90% variability in …

TOMM40 alterations in Alzheimer's disease over a 2-year follow-up period

LK Goh, WS Lim, S Teo… - Journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
We previously reported TOMM40 to be significantly down-regulated in whole blood of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) subjects at baseline and after one-year. In this longitudinal follow …

A cytosine-thymine (CT)-rich haplotype in intron 4 of SNCA confers risk for Lewy body pathology in Alzheimer's disease and affects SNCA expression

MW Lutz, R Saul, C Linnertz, OC Glenn, AD Roses… - Alzheimer's & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction We recently showed that tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms across the
SNCA locus were significantly associated with increased risk for Lewy body (LB) pathology …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of an intronic polymorphism in TOMM40 and APOE genotypes in sporadic inclusion body myositis

Q Gang, C Bettencourt, PM Machado, Z Fox… - Neurobiology of …, 2015 - Elsevier
A previous study showed that, in carriers of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype ε3/ε3 or
ε3/ε4, the presence of a very long (VL) polyT repeat allele in “translocase of outer …

Genetic advances in sporadic inclusion body myositis

Q Gang, C Bettencourt, H Houlden… - Current opinion in …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
There have been advances in the genetics of sIBM over the past 2 years facilitated by the
use of next-generation sequencing. Genes that cause hereditary IBM, which has clinical or …