Alzheimer's disease as a synaptopathy: Evidence for dysfunction of synapses during disease progression

S Meftah, J Gan - Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The synapse has consistently been considered a vulnerable and critical target within
Alzheimer's disease, and synapse loss is, to date, one of the main biological correlates of …

Alterations of sleep oscillations in Alzheimer's disease: a potential role for GABAergic neurons in the cortex, hippocampus, and thalamus

F Katsuki, D Gerashchenko, RE Brown - Brain research bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Sleep abnormalities are widely reported in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and are
linked to cognitive impairments. Sleep abnormalities could be potential biomarkers to detect …

Dopamine neuron degeneration in the Ventral Tegmental Area causes hippocampal hyperexcitability in experimental Alzheimer's Disease

E Spoleti, L La Barbera, E Cauzzi, ML De Paolis… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Early and progressive dysfunctions of the dopaminergic system from the Ventral Tegmental
Area (VTA) have been described in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). During the long pre …

Impaired spike-gamma coupling of area CA3 fast-spiking interneurons as the earliest functional impairment in the AppNL-GF mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

LE Arroyo-García, AG Isla, Y Andrade-Talavera… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
In Alzheimer's disease (AD) the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) correlates with degradation
of cognition-relevant gamma oscillations. The gamma rhythm relies on proper neuronal …

Alzheimer's pathology causes impaired inhibitory connections and reactivation of spatial codes during spatial navigation

SM Prince, AL Paulson, N Jeong, L Zhang, S Amigues… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Synapse loss and altered synaptic strength are thought to underlie cognitive impairment in
Alzheimer's disease (AD) by disrupting neural activity essential for memory. While synaptic …

Epilepsy and epileptiform activity in late-onset Alzheimer disease: Clinical and pathophysiological advances, gaps and conundrums

A Kamondi, M Grigg-Damberger, W Löscher… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
A growing body of evidence has demonstrated a link between Alzheimer disease (AD) and
epilepsy. Late-onset epilepsy and epileptiform activity can precede cognitive deterioration in …

Alterations in theta-gamma coupling and sharp wave-ripple, signs of prodromal hippocampal network impairment in the TgF344-AD rat model

M van den Berg, D Toen, M Verhoye… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a severe neurodegenerative disorder caused by the
accumulation of toxic proteins, amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau, which eventually leads to …

[HTML][HTML] Parvalbumin as a sex-specific target in Alzheimer's disease research, A mini-review

DJ Terstege, JR Epp - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, and both the incidence of
this disease and its associated cognitive decline disproportionally effect women. While the …

[HTML][HTML] Pinpointing the locus of GABAergic vulnerability in Alzheimer's disease

L Melgosa-Ecenarro, N Doostdar, CI Radulescu… - Seminars in cell & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been linked to microcircuit dysfunction
and pathophysiological neuronal firing in several brain regions. Inhibitory GABAergic …

Parvalbumin neuroplasticity compensates for somatostatin impairment, maintaining cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease

CD Morrone, AY Lai, J Bishay, ME Hill… - Translational …, 2022 - Springer
Background Patient-to-patient variability in the degree to which β-amyloid, tau and
neurodegeneration impact cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD) complicates …