[HTML][HTML] In vivo imaging of synaptic density in neurodegenerative disorders with positron emission tomography: A systematic review

M Visser, JT O'Brien, E Mak - Ageing Research Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Positron emission tomography (PET) with radiotracers that bind to synaptic vesicle
glycoprotein 2 A (SV2A) enables quantification of synaptic density in the living human brain …

[HTML][HTML] Synaptic density affects clinical severity via network dysfunction in syndromes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration

DJ Whiteside, N Holland, KA Tsvetanov, E Mak… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
There is extensive synaptic loss from frontotemporal lobar degeneration, in preclinical
models and human in vivo and post mortem studies. Understanding the consequences of …

Longitudinal Synaptic Loss in Primary Tauopathies: An In Vivo [11C]UCB‐J Positron Emission Tomography Study

N Holland, PS Jones, G Savulich… - Movement …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Synaptic loss is characteristic of many neurodegenerative diseases; it occurs
early and is strongly related to functional deficits. Objective In this longitudinal observational …

Pathomechanisms of cognitive impairment in progressive supranuclear palsy

KA Jellinger - Journal of Neural Transmission, 2023 - Springer
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by
early postural instability and falls, oculomotor dysfunction (vertical supranuclear gaze palsy) …

The effect of Alzheimer's disease and its progression on pyramidal cell gain and connectivity

JH Lanskey, A Jafarian, M Karadag, E Kocagoncu… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Alzheimer's disease affects our cognitive neurophysiology by loss of neurones, synapses
and neurotransmitters. An improved mechanistic understanding of the human disease will …

The relationship between SV2A levels, neural activity, and cognitive function in healthy humans: A [11C] UCB-J PET and fMRI study

E Shatalina, EC Onwordi, T Whitehurst… - Imaging …, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Synaptic terminal density is thought to influence cognitive function and neural activity, yet its
role in cognition has not been explored in healthy humans. We examined these …

Reliability of dynamic causal modelling of resting state magnetoencephalography

A Jafarian, MK Assem, E Ece Kocagoncu, JH Lanskey… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
This study assesses the reliability of resting-state dynamic causal modelling (DCM) of
magneto-electroencephalography under conductance-based canonical microcircuit models …

Imaging Correlates of Heterogeneity in the Syndromes Associated with Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

D Whiteside - 2024 - repository.cam.ac.uk
The syndromes associated with frontotemporal dementia are heterogeneous in their
presentation and progression, with variable correlation between clinical phenotype and …