Role of environmental toxicants on neurodegenerative disorders

M Nabi, N Tabassum - Frontiers in toxicology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegeneration leads to the loss of structural and functioning components of neurons
over time. Various studies have related neurodegeneration to a number of degenerative …

Bioactive Benzofuran derivatives: A review

H Khanam - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
In nature's collection of biologically active heterocycles, benzofuran derivatives constitute a
major group. The broad spectrum of pharmacological activity in individual benzofurans …

Retinal ganglion cell analysis using high-definition optical coherence tomography in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

CY Cheung, YT Ong, S Hilal, MK Ikram… - Journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with emerging
evidence that it is associated with retinal ganglion cell loss; however, few data exist to …

Melatonin: functions and ligands

M Singh, HR Jadhav - Drug discovery today, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Pathways controlling melatonin secretion are complex.•There are various causes
of melatonin disturbance.•Evaluation of melatonin secretion clinically requires long time …

Animal models in the drug discovery pipeline for Alzheimer's disease

D Van Dam, PP De Deyn - British journal of pharmacology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
With increasing feasibility of predicting conversion of mild cognitive impairment to dementia
based on biomarker profiling, the urgent need for efficacious disease‐modifying compounds …

How chronic inflammation can affect the brain and support the development of Alzheimer's disease in old age: the role of microglia and astrocytes

I Blasko, M Stampfer‐Kountchev, P Robatscher… - Aging cell, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
A huge amount of evidence has implicated amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides and other derivatives
of the amyloid precursor protein (βAPP) as central to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's …

[PDF][PDF] Binding characteristics of radiofluorinated 6-dialkylamino-2-naphthylethylidene derivatives as positron emission tomography imaging probes for β-amyloid …

ED Agdeppa, V Kepe, J Liu… - The Journal of …, 2001 - Soc Neuroscience
FENE, respectively, and apparent Kd values of 1.86 and 71.2 nM for the low-affinity binding
sites. The traditional radioactive binding assays also produced apparent Kd values in the …

The morphological phenotype of β-amyloid plaques and associated neuritic changes in Alzheimer's disease

TC Dickson, JC Vickers - Neuroscience, 2001 - Elsevier
We have utilised laser confocal microscopy to categorise β-amyloid plaque types that are
associated with preclinical and end-stage Alzheimer's disease and to define the …

The role of oxidative stress in the toxicity induced by amyloid β-peptide in Alzheimer's disease

S Miranda, C Opazo, LF Larrondo, FJ Muñoz… - Progress in …, 2000 - Elsevier
One of the theories involved in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the oxidative
stress hypothesis. The amyloid β-peptide (Aβ), a hallmark in the pathogenesis of AD and the …

Metals and Alzheimer's disease

PA Adlard, AI Bush - Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2006 - content.iospress.com
There is increasing evidence to support a role for both the amyloid β-protein precursor
(AβPP) and its proteolytic fragment, amyloid β (Aβ), in metal ion homeostasis. Furthermore …