Estrogen: a master regulator of bioenergetic systems in the brain and body

JR Rettberg, J Yao, RD Brinton - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2014 - Elsevier
Estrogen is a fundamental regulator of the metabolic system of the female brain and body.
Within the brain, estrogen regulates glucose transport, aerobic glycolysis, and mitochondrial …

Metabolic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders

H Cai, W Cong, S Ji, S Rothman… - Current Alzheimer …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's disease and other related neurodegenerative diseases are highly debilitating
disorders that affect millions of people worldwide. Efforts towards developing effective …

The potential of the gut microbiome for identifying Alzheimer's disease diagnostic biomarkers and future therapies

Y Zhan, M Al-Nusaif, C Ding, L Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Being isolated from the peripheral system by the blood–brain barrier, the brain has long
been considered a completely impervious tissue. However, recent findings show that the gut …

Is ghrelin synthesized in the central nervous system?

A Cabral, EJ Lopez Soto, J Epelbaum… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Ghrelin is an octanoylated peptide that acts via its specific receptor, the growth hormone
secretagogue receptor type 1a (GHSR-1a), and regulates a vast variety of physiological …

Intestinal Flora affect Alzheimer's disease by regulating endogenous hormones

Y Wu, Z Hang, T Lei, H Du - Neurochemical Research, 2022 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a central nervous system disease that can lead to cognitive
impairment and progressive memory loss. An increasing number of studies have shown that …

Neuropeptides exert neuroprotective effects in Alzheimer's disease

XY Chen, YF Du, L Chen - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder characterized by
cognitive deficits and neuronal loss. Deposition of beta-amyloid peptide (Aβ) causes …

Impaired hippocampal neurogenesis and its enhancement with ghrelin in 5XFAD mice

M Moon, MY Cha, I Mook-Jung - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related neurological disorder characterized by the
deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ), cognitive deficits, and neuronal loss. The decline in …

Ghrelin in psychiatric disorders–a review

DA Wittekind, M Kluge - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2015 - Elsevier
Ghrelin is a 28-amino-acid peptide hormone, first described in 1999 and broadly expressed
in the organism. As the only known orexigenic hormone secreted in the periphery, it …

Reinstating plasticity and memory in a tauopathy mouse model with an acetyltransferase activator

S Chatterjee, R Cassel… - EMBO Molecular …, 2018 - embopress.org
Chromatin acetylation, a critical regulator of synaptic plasticity and memory processes, is
thought to be altered in neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we demonstrate that spatial …

Cognitive enhancers (nootropics). Part 1: drugs interacting with receptors

W Froestl, A Muhs, A Pfeifer - Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2012 - content.iospress.com
Cognitive enhancers (nootropics) are drugs to treat cognition deficits in patients suffering
from Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, stroke, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or …