The mechanistic link between selective vulnerability of the locus coeruleus and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

BJ Matchett, LT Grinberg, P Theofilas, ME Murray - Acta neuropathologica, 2021 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is neuropathologically characterized by the intracellular
accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau and the extracellular deposition of amyloid-β …

The role of gamma oscillations in central nervous system diseases: Mechanism and treatment

A Guan, S Wang, A Huang, C Qiu, Y Li, X Li… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Gamma oscillation is the synchronization with a frequency of 30–90 Hz of neural
oscillations, which are rhythmic electric processes of neuron groups in the brain. The …

Orexin signaling modulates synchronized excitation in the sublaterodorsal tegmental nucleus to stabilize REM sleep

H Feng, SY Wen, QC Qiao, YJ Pang, SY Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The relationship between orexin/hypocretin and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep remains
elusive. Here, we find that a proportion of orexin neurons project to the sublaterodorsal …

Pedunculopontine nucleus: functional organization and clinical implications

EE Benarroch - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
The pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPN) is a neurochemically and functionally
heterogeneous structure that occupies a strategic position in the dorsal tegmentum of the …

Altered activity in the central medial thalamus precedes changes in the neocortex during transitions into both sleep and propofol anesthesia

R Baker, TC Gent, Q Yang, S Parker… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
How general anesthetics cause loss of consciousness is unknown. Some evidence points
toward effects on the neocortex causing “top-down” inhibition, whereas other findings …

Noise exposure and cardiovascular health

C Krittanawong, YK Qadeer, RB Hayes, Z Wang… - Current Problems in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Noise is considered an environmental stressor adversely affecting well-being and quality of
life, inter-individual communications, and attention and cognitive function and inducing …

Perturbation of brain oscillations after ischemic stroke: a potential biomarker for post-stroke function and therapy

G Rabiller, JW He, Y Nishijima, A Wong… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Brain waves resonate from the generators of electrical current and propagate across brain
regions with oscillation frequencies ranging from 0.05 to 500 Hz. The commonly observed …

Brainstem volume changes in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID patients

K Thapaliya, S Marshall-Gradisnik, M Barth… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID patients
have overlapping neurological, autonomic, pain, and post-exertional symptoms. We …

Nondual awareness: consciousness-as-such as non-representational reflexivity

Z Josipovic - Progress in brain research, 2019 - Elsevier
I introduce arguments toward a non-representational reflexivity theory of consciousness-as-
such to address one of the key issues in the science of consciousness today: lack of …

Brainstem abnormalities in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a scoping review and evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging findings

T Nelson, LX Zhang, H Guo, L Nacul, X Song - Frontiers in neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a
multisystem medical condition with heterogeneous symptom expression. Currently, there is …