Tau and tauopathies

T Arendt, JT Stieler, M Holzer - Brain research bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
Most neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by intracellular aggregates of insoluble
proteins. As for the majority of these disorders, aetiology and pathogenesis are only poorly …

The neuropathology and cerebrovascular mechanisms of dementia

L Raz, J Knoefel, K Bhaskar - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The prevalence of dementia is increasing in our aging population at an alarming rate.
Because of the heterogeneity of clinical presentation and complexity of disease …

[PDF][PDF] PET imaging of tau deposition in the aging human brain

M Schöll, SN Lockhart, DR Schonhaut, JP O'Neil… - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Tau pathology is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) but also occurs in normal cognitive
aging. Using the tau PET agent 18 F-AV-1451, we examined retention patterns in cognitively …

Tau PET patterns mirror clinical and neuroanatomical variability in Alzheimer's disease

R Ossenkoppele, DR Schonhaut, M Schöll… - Brain, 2016 - academic.oup.com
See Sarazin et al.(doi: 10.1093/brain/aww041) for a scientific commentary on this article.
The advent of the positron emission tomography tracer 18 F-AV1451 provides the unique …

Tau positron emission tomographic imaging in aging and early A lzheimer disease

KA Johnson, A Schultz, RA Betensky… - Annals of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Detection of focal brain tau deposition during life could greatly facilitate accurate
diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD), staging and monitoring of disease progression, and …

Pharmacological targeting of CSF1R inhibits microglial proliferation and prevents the progression of Alzheimer's-like pathology

A Olmos-Alonso, STT Schetters, S Sri, K Askew… - Brain, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The proliferation and activation of microglial cells is a hallmark of several neurodegenerative
conditions. This mechanism is regulated by the activation of the colony-stimulating factor 1 …

[HTML][HTML] An autoradiographic evaluation of AV-1451 Tau PET in dementia

VJ Lowe, G Curran, P Fang, AM Liesinger… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2016 - Springer
Background It is essential to determine the specificity of AV-1451 PET for tau in brain
imaging by using pathological comparisons. We performed autoradiography in autopsy …

The locus coeruleus: essential for maintaining cognitive function and the aging brain

M Mather, CW Harley - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2016 - cell.com
Research on cognitive aging has focused on how decline in various cortical and
hippocampal regions influence cognition. However, brainstem regions play essential …

Evaluation of tau imaging in staging Alzheimer disease and revealing interactions between β-amyloid and tauopathy

L Wang, TL Benzinger, Y Su, J Christensen… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In vivo tau imaging may become a diagnostic marker for Alzheimer disease (AD)
and provides insights into the pathophysiology of AD. Objective To evaluate the usefulness …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative network analysis of nineteen brain regions identifies molecular signatures and networks underlying selective regional vulnerability to Alzheimer's …

M Wang, P Roussos, A McKenzie, X Zhou, Y Kajiwara… - Genome medicine, 2016 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, characterized
by progressive cognitive impairment and neurodegeneration. However, despite extensive …