Timing of lifespan influences on brain and cognition

KB Walhovd, M Lövden, AM Fjell - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Modifiable risk and protective factors for boosting brain and cognitive development and
preventing neurodegeneration and cognitive decline are embraced in neuroimaging …

The Role of Insulin-like Growth Factor I in Mechanisms of Resilience and Vulnerability to Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease

JA Zegarra-Valdivia, J Pignatelli, A Nuñez… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite decades of intense research, disease-modifying therapeutic approaches for
Alzheimer's disease (AD) are still very much needed. Apart from the extensively analyzed …

Dementia prevention: the Mendelian randomisation perspective

EL Anderson, NM Davies… - Journal of Neurology …, 2024 - jnnp.bmj.com
Understanding the causes of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias remains a
challenge. Observational studies investigating dementia risk factors are limited by the …

Identifying the mediating role of inflammation on the relationship between socioeconomic status and Alzheimer's disease: a Mendelian randomization analysis and …

C Geng, K Meng, Y Tang - Journal of Neurology, 2024 - Springer
Background and objectives Observational studies have demonstrated a significant
association between socio-economic status (SES) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

A causal relationship between gut microbiota and subcortical brain structures contributes to the microbiota–gut–brain axis: a Mendelian randomization study

X Hu, Z Fang, F Wang, Z Mei, X Huang, Y Lin… - Cerebral …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
A correlation between gut microbiota and brain structure, referring to as a component of the
gut–brain axis, has been observed in observational studies. However, the causality of this …

Evaluation of serum neurofilament light chain and glial fibrillary acidic protein in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

T Fang, Y Dai, X Hu, Y Xu, J Qiao - Frontiers in Neurology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the use of serum neurofilament light chain (NfL) and
glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the …

Metabolome-Wide Mendelian Randomization Assessing the Causal Role of Serum and Cerebrospinal Metabolites in Traumatic Brain Injury

A Duan, Y Qiu, B Song, Y Tao, M Wang, Z Yin, M Xie… - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Previous studies have identified metabolites as biomarkers or potential therapeutic targets
for traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, the causal association between them remains …

Psychological Distress and Meniere's Disease: A Bidirectional Two‐Sample Mendelian Randomization Study

H Wu, Y Xia, Q Luo, Q Li, H Jiang… - … –Head and Neck …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study is aim to explore the causal relationship between anxiety, depression,
neuroticism, and Meniere's disease (MD). Study Design Two‐sample bidirectional …

Mendelian Randomization Analysis Reveals Causal Factors behind Alzheimer's Disease Risk: Evidence, Opportunities, and Challenges

X Feng, L Zhang, Y Hou, W Ma, J Ma, X Chang… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease and its comorbidities pose a heavy disease burden globally, and its
treatment remains a major challenge. Identifying the protective and risk factors for …

Bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization analyses support causal relationships between structural and diffusion imaging-derived phenotypes and the risk of …

Z Wang, X Yang, H Li, S Wang, Z Liu, Y Wang… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
Previous observational investigations suggest that structural and diffusion imaging-derived
phenotypes (IDPs) are associated with major neurodegenerative diseases; however …