Locus coeruleus imaging as a biomarker for noradrenergic dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases

MJ Betts, E Kirilina, MCG Otaduy, D Ivanov… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Pathological alterations to the locus coeruleus, the major source of noradrenaline in the
brain, are histologically evident in early stages of neurodegenerative diseases. Novel MRI …

Pharmacological inhibition of ferroptosis as a therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases and strokes

Y Wang, S Wu, Q Li, H Sun, H Wang - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging evidence suggests that ferroptosis, a unique regulated cell death modality that is
morphologically and mechanistically different from other forms of cell death, plays a vital role …

Iron loading is a prominent feature of activated microglia in Alzheimer's disease patients

B Kenkhuis, A Somarakis, L de Haan… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
Brain iron accumulation has been found to accelerate disease progression in amyloid-β (Aβ)
positive Alzheimer patients, though the mechanism is still unknown. Microglia have been …

Cerebral iron deposition in neurodegeneration

P Dusek, T Hofer, J Alexander, PM Roos, JO Aaseth - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Disruption of cerebral iron regulation appears to have a role in aging and in the
pathogenesis of various neurodegenerative disorders. Possible unfavorable impacts of iron …

Cerebral quantitative susceptibility mapping predicts amyloid-β-related cognitive decline

S Ayton, A Fazlollahi, P Bourgeat, P Raniga, A Ng… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract See Derry and Kent (doi: 10.1093/awx167) for a scientific commentary on this
article. The large variance in cognitive deterioration in subjects who test positive for amyloid …

MRI of healthy brain aging: A review

ME MacDonald, GB Pike - NMR in Biomedicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present a review of the characterization of healthy brain aging using MRI with an
emphasis on morphology, lesions, and quantitative MR parameters. A scope review found …

Relationship between cortical iron and tau aggregation in Alzheimer's disease

N Spotorno, J Acosta-Cabronero, E Stomrud… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A growing body of evidence suggests that the dysregulation of neuronal iron may play a
critical role in Alzheimer's disease. Recent MRI studies have established a relationship …

Neurotoxicity linked to dysfunctional metal ion homeostasis and xenobiotic metal exposure: redox signaling and oxidative stress

C Garza-Lombó, Y Posadas, L Quintanar… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Essential metals such as copper, iron, manganese, and zinc play a role as
cofactors in the activity of a wide range of processes involved in cellular homeostasis and …

Brain iron deposition is linked with cognitive severity in Parkinson's disease

GEC Thomas, LA Leyland, AE Schrag… - Journal of Neurology …, 2020 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background Dementia is common in Parkinson's disease (PD) but measures that track
cognitive change in PD are lacking. Brain tissue iron accumulates with age and co-localises …

Revisiting the intersection of amyloid, pathologically modified tau and iron in Alzheimer's disease from a ferroptosis perspective

PJ Derry, ML Hegde, GR Jackson, R Kayed… - Progress in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The complexity of Alzheimer's disease (AD) complicates the search for effective treatments.
While the key roles of pathologically modified proteins has occupied a central role in …