Practical considerations for choosing a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

JL Jankowsky, H Zheng - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2017 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is behaviorally identified by progressive memory impairment and
pathologically characterized by the triad of β-amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and …

Sexual dimorphism in the 3xTg-AD mouse model and its impact on pre-clinical research

JL Dennison, NR Ricciardi, I Lohse… - Journal of …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
Female sex is a leading risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). Sexual
dimorphism in AD is gaining attention as clinical data show that women are not only more …

[HTML][HTML] Sex and gender differences in Alzheimer's disease: genetic, hormonal, and inflammation impacts

Z Kolahchi, N Henkel, MA Eladawi… - International journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's disease are women, indicating a profound
variance between the sexes. Variances exist between the sexes in the age and intensity of …

Steroids and Alzheimer's disease: changes associated with pathology and therapeutic potential

Y Akwa - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial age-related neurodegenerative disease that
today has no effective treatment to prevent or slow its progression. Neuroactive steroids …

Sex differences in autophagy contribute to female vulnerability in Alzheimer's disease

EE Congdon - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, with over 5. 4 million cases
in the US alone (Alzheimer's Association,). Clinically, AD is defined by the presence of …

Thymoquinone administration ameliorates Alzheimer's disease-like phenotype by promoting cell survival in the hippocampus of amyloid beta1–42 infused rat model

B Elibol, M Beker, S Terzioglu-Usak, T Dalli, U Kilic - Phytomedicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Thymoquinone (TQ), a biologically active ingredient of Nigella sativa, has anti-
inflammatory, anti-oxidative and neuroprotective properties. Therefore, it could be a good …

Accelerated ovarian failure as a unique model to study peri-menopause influence on Alzheimer's disease

R Marongiu - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Despite decades of extensive research efforts, efficacious therapies for Alzheimer's disease
(AD) are lacking. The multi-factorial nature of AD neuropathology and symptomatology has …

Implications for microglial sex differences in tau-related neurodegenerative diseases

YV Doust, AE King, JM Ziebell - Neurobiology of aging, 2021 - Elsevier
Tauopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases that involve pathological changes
to the tau protein. Neuroinflammation is a commonly reported feature of tauopathies that has …

In vitro and in vivo evaluation of GSK-3 radioligands in Alzheimer's disease: preliminary evidence of sex differences

AC Knight, C Varlow, J Tong… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging
target with implications in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). This preliminary …

Locus coeruleus vulnerability to tau hyperphosphorylation in a rat model

T Omoluabi, Z Hasan, JE Piche, ARS Flynn… - Aging …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐mortem investigations indicate that the locus coeruleus (LC) is the initial site of
hyperphosphorylated pretangle tau, a precursor to neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) found in …