Soluble amyloid-β oligomers as synaptotoxins leading to cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease

ST Ferreira, MV Lourenco, MM Oliveira… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, and affects
millions of people worldwide. As the number of AD cases continues to increase in both …

Lesions without symptoms: understanding resilience to Alzheimer disease neuropathological changes

T Gomez-Isla, MP Frosch - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2022 - nature.com
Since the original description of amyloid-β plaques and tau tangles more than 100 years
ago, these lesions have been considered the neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer …

Astrocyte senescence as a component of Alzheimer's disease

R Bhat, EP Crowe, A Bitto, M Moh, CD Katsetos… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Aging is the main risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, the aspects of the aging
process that predispose the brain to the development of AD are largely unknown. Astrocytes …

Synthetic amyloid-β oligomers impair long-term memory independently of cellular prion protein

C Balducci, M Beeg, M Stravalaci… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Inability to form new memories is an early clinical sign of Alzheimer's disease (AD). There is
ample evidence that the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide plays a key role in the pathogenesis of this …

Alzheimer's disease: synaptic dysfunction and Aβ

GM Shankar, DM Walsh - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2009 - Springer
Synapse loss is an early and invariant feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and there is a
strong correlation between the extent of synapse loss and the severity of dementia …

An effector-reduced anti-β-amyloid (Aβ) antibody with unique aβ binding properties promotes neuroprotection and glial engulfment of Aβ

O Adolfsson, M Pihlgren, N Toni, Y Varisco… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Passive immunization against β-amyloid (Aβ) has become an increasingly desirable
strategy as a therapeutic treatment for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, traditional …

A label-free electrical impedimetric biosensor for the specific detection of Alzheimer's amyloid-beta oligomers

JV Rushworth, A Ahmed, HH Griffiths… - Biosensors and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, with over 37 million
sufferers worldwide and a global cost of over $600 billion. There is currently no cure for AD …

Insulin signaling, glucose metabolism and mitochondria: major players in Alzheimer's disease and diabetes interrelation

SC Correia, RX Santos, C Carvalho, S Cardoso… - Brain research, 2012 - Elsevier
Many epidemiological studies have shown that diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes,
significantly increases the risk to develop Alzheimer's disease. Both diseases share several …

Bioavailability of gallic acid and catechins from grape seed polyphenol extract is improved by repeated dosing in rats: implications for treatment in Alzheimer's disease

MG Ferruzzi, JK Lobo, EM Janle… - Journal of …, 2009 - content.iospress.com
The present study explored the bioavailability and brain deposition of a grape seed
polyphenolic extract (GSPE) previously found to attenuate cognitive deterioration in a mouse …

Long-term immunomodulatory effect of amniotic stem cells in an Alzheimer's disease model

KS Kim, HS Kim, JM Park, HW Kim, M Park, HS Lee… - Neurobiology of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Amyloid beta (Aβ) plays a major role in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and neuroinflammatory
processes mediated by Aβ plaque-induced microglial cells and astrocytes contribute to AD …