The adult human brain in preclinical drug development

M Dragunow - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2008 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative disorders are caused by the death and dysfunction of brain cells, but
despite a huge worldwide effort, no neuroprotective treatments that slow cell death currently …

The full spectrum of Alzheimer's disease is rooted in metabolic derangements that drive type 3 diabetes

SM de la Monte - Diabetes Mellitus: A risk factor for Alzheimer's Disease, 2019 - Springer
The standard practice in neuropathology is to diagnose Alzheimer's disease (AD) based on
the distribution and abundance of neurofibrillary tangles and Aβ deposits. However, other …

White matter atrophy in Alzheimer's disease variants

R Migliaccio, F Agosta, KL Possin… - Alzheimer's & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background In comparison with late‐onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD, onset,> 65 years),
early‐age‐of‐onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD, onset,< 65 years) more often presents with …

Decreasing myelin density reflected increasing white matter pathology in Alzheimer's disease—a neuropathological study

M Sjöbeck, M Haglund… - … of the psychiatry of late life …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background White matter disease (WMD) is frequently seen in Alzheimer's disease (AD) at
neuropathological examination. It is defined as a subtotal tissue loss with a reduction of …

Brain networks in posterior cortical atrophy: a single case tractography study and literature review

R Migliaccio, F Agosta, MN Toba, D Samri, F Corlier… - Cortex, 2012 - Elsevier
Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is rare neurodegenerative dementia, clinically characterized
by a progressive decline in higher-visual object and space processing. After a brief review of …

Preparation, construction and high-throughput automated analysis of human brain tissue microarrays for neurodegenerative disease drug development

MK Singh-Bains, NF Mehrabi, AYS Tan, RLM Faull… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A major challenge in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders is the translation of
effective therapies from the lab to the clinic. One approach to improve this process is the use …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) and executive dysfunction. A case-control study on the significance of frontal white matter changes detected by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)

M Sjöbeck, C Elfgren, EM Larsson, S Brockstedt… - Archives of gerontology …, 2010 - Elsevier
White matter (WM) changes are frequently seen on structural imaging in AD but the clinical
relevance of these changes is uncertain. Frontal WM pathology is often observed upon …

Quantitative neuropathology: an update on automated methodologies and implications for large scale cohorts

L Walker, KE McAleese, M Johnson… - Journal of neural …, 2017 - Springer
A tissue microarray (TMA) has previously been developed for use in assessment of
neurodegenerative diseases. We investigated the variation of pathology loads in semi …

White matter mapping in Alzheimer's disease: a neuropathological study

M Sjöbeck, M Haglund, E Englund - Neurobiology of aging, 2006 - Elsevier
White matter disease (WMD) with pervasive non-focal subtotal tissue loss is frequently seen
in Alzheimer's disease (AD) upon neuropathological examination. Although WMD has …

The role of neuropathological markers in the interpretation of neuropsychiatric disorders: Focus on fetal and perinatal programming

D Fanni, C Gerosa, M Rais, A Ravarino… - Neuroscience …, 2018 - Elsevier
The study of neuropathological markers in patients affected by mental/psychiatric disorders
is relevant for the comprehension of the pathogenesis and the correlation with the clinical …