Alzheimer's disease associated with Down syndrome: a genetic form of dementia

J Fortea, SH Zaman, S Hartley, MS Rafii… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Adults with Down syndrome develop the neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's
disease and are at very high risk of developing early-onset dementia, which is now the …

Epilepsy in Down syndrome: a highly prevalent comorbidity

M Altuna, S Giménez, J Fortea - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have an increased risk for epilepsy during the whole
lifespan, but especially after age 40 years. The increase in the number of individuals with DS …

Sleep Disturbances as a Manifestation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

KM Cuthrell, N Tzenios - International Neuropsychiatric Disease …, 2023 - go7publish.com
Sleep disturbances are complex elements of many neurodevelopmental disorders, such as
autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), intellectual …

Further understanding the connection between Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome

HM Snyder, LJ Bain, AM Brickman… - Alzheimer's & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Improved medical care of individuals with Down syndrome (DS) has led to an increase in life
expectancy to over the age of 60 years. In conjunction, there has been an increase in age …

Clinical and research application of fluid biomarkers in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome

M Carmona-Iragui, A O'Connor, J Llibre-Guerra… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD) and Down syndrome (DS) constitute
genetic forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study of these forms has been crucial in …

[HTML][HTML] The Sant Pau Initiative on Neurodegeneration (SPIN) cohort: a data set for biomarker discovery and validation in neurodegenerative disorders

D Alcolea, J Clarimón, M Carmona-Iragui… - Alzheimer's & Dementia …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction The SPIN (Sant Pau Initiative on Neurodegeneration) cohort is a
multimodal biomarker platform designed for neurodegenerative disease research following …

[HTML][HTML] Neurodevelopmental disorders commonly presenting with sleep disturbances

AR Shelton, B Malow - Neurotherapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
There are multiple disorders of neurodevelopment that present with co-occurring sleep
disturbances. Many of these neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) include sleep …

Down syndrome, Alzheimer disease, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy: The complex triangle of brain amyloidosis

M Carmona‐Iragui, L Videla, A Lleó… - Developmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Down syndrome (DS) is the main genetic cause of intellectual disability worldwide. The
overexpression of the Amyloid Precursor Protein, present in chromosome 21, leads to β …

Alterations of specific cortical GABAergic circuits underlie abnormal network activity in a mouse model of Down syndrome

J Zorrilla de San Martin, C Donato, J Peixoto, A Aguirre… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Down syndrome (DS) results in various degrees of cognitive deficits. In DS mouse models,
recovery of behavioral and neurophysiological deficits using GABAAR antagonists led to …

Sleep disorders in adults with Down syndrome

S Giménez, M Altuna, E Blessing, RM Osorio… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sleep disorders, despite being very frequent in adults with Down syndrome (DS), are often
overlooked due to a lack of awareness by families and physicians and the absence of …