Synapses and Alzheimer's disease

M Sheng, BL Sabatini… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2012 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a major cause of dementia in the elderly. Pathologically, AD is
characterized by the accumulation of insoluble aggregates of Aβ-peptides that are …

[HTML][HTML] Aging and amyloid beta-induced oxidative DNA damage and mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease: implications for early intervention and …

P Mao, PH Reddy - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2011 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related progressive neurodegenerative disease
affecting thousands of people in the world and effective treatment is still not available. Over …

Microglia-mediated T cell infiltration drives neurodegeneration in tauopathy

X Chen, M Firulyova, M Manis, J Herz, I Smirnov… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Extracellular deposition of amyloid-β as neuritic plaques and intracellular accumulation of
hyperphosphorylated, aggregated tau as neurofibrillary tangles are two of the characteristic …

NAD+ supplementation reduces neuroinflammation and cell senescence in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease via cGAS–STING

Y Hou, Y Wei, S Lautrup, B Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Impaired
neuronal bioenergetics and neuroinflammation are thought to play key roles in the …

Urolithin A attenuates memory impairment and neuroinflammation in APP/PS1 mice

Z Gong, J Huang, B Xu, Z Ou, L Zhang, X Lin… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder
characterized by an abnormal accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques, neuroinflammation …

[HTML][HTML] Reactive glia in the injured brain acquire stem cell properties in response to sonic hedgehog

S Sirko, G Behrendt, PA Johansson, P Tripathi… - Cell stem cell, 2013 - cell.com
As a result of brain injury, astrocytes become activated and start to proliferate in the vicinity
of the injury site. Recently, we had demonstrated that these reactive astrocytes, or glia, can …

Inhibition of Drp1 ameliorates synaptic depression, Aβ deposition, and cognitive impairment in an Alzheimer's disease model

SH Baek, SJ Park, JI Jeong, SH Kim, J Han… - Journal of …, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
Excessive mitochondrial fission is a prominent early event and contributes to mitochondrial
dysfunction, synaptic failure, and neuronal cell death in the progression of Alzheimer's …

Changes in amyloid-β and Tau in the cerebrospinal fluid of transgenic mice overexpressing amyloid precursor protein

LF Maia, SA Kaeser, J Reichwald, M Hruscha… - Science translational …, 2013 - science.org
Altered concentrations of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide and Tau protein in the cerebrospinal fluid
(CSF) are thought to be predictive markers for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Transgenic mice …

Dynamic changes in myelin aberrations and oligodendrocyte generation in chronic amyloidosis in mice and men

G Behrendt, K Baer, A Buffo, MA Curtis, RL Faull… - Glia, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Myelin loss is frequently observed in human Alzheimer's disease (AD) and may constitute to
AD‐related cognitive decline. A potential source to repair myelin defects are the …

Mapping synaptic glutamate transporter dysfunction in vivo to regions surrounding Aβ plaques by iGluSnFR two-photon imaging

JK Hefendehl, J LeDue, RWY Ko, J Mahler… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), are surrounded by regions
of neuronal and glial hyperactivity. We use in vivo two-photon and wide-field imaging of the …