Astrocyte energy and neurotransmitter metabolism in Alzheimer's disease: integration of the glutamate/GABA-glutamine cycle

JV Andersen, A Schousboe, A Verkhratsky - Progress in neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Astrocytes contribute to the complex cellular pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Neurons and astrocytes function in close collaboration through neurotransmitter recycling …

Influence of glutamate and GABA transport on brain excitatory/inhibitory balance

SMS Sears, SJ Hewett - Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
An optimally functional brain requires both excitatory and inhibitory inputs that are regulated
and balanced. A perturbation in the excitatory/inhibitory balance—as is the case in some …

Structural basis of GABA reuptake inhibition

Z Motiwala, NG Aduri, H Shaye, GW Han, JH Lam… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) transporter 1 (GAT1) regulates neuronal excitation of
the central nervous system by clearing the synaptic cleft of the inhibitory neurotransmitter …

Glutamate and GABA in microglia-neuron cross-talk in Alzheimer's disease

GA Czapski, JB Strosznajder - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The physiological balance between excitation and inhibition in the brain is significantly
affected in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Several neuroactive compounds and their signaling …

Mechanisms of hyperexcitability in Alzheimer's disease hiPSC-derived neurons and cerebral organoids vs isogenic controls

S Ghatak, N Dolatabadi, D Trudler, XT Zhang, Y Wu… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Human Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains and transgenic AD mouse models manifest
hyperexcitability. This aberrant electrical activity is caused by synaptic dysfunction that …

[HTML][HTML] Gamma-aminobutyric acid and probiotics: Multiple health benefits and their future in the global functional food and nutraceuticals market

L Diez-Gutiérrez, L San Vicente, LJR Barrón… - Journal of Functional …, 2020 - Elsevier
Probiotics have attracted growing interest in recent decades due to their multiple health
benefits. The synergistic relationship between probiotics and prebiotics can enhance the …

Molecular basis for substrate recognition and transport of human GABA transporter GAT1

A Zhu, J Huang, F Kong, J Tan, J Lei, Y Yuan… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA), an important inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central
nervous system, is recycled through specific GABA transporters (GATs). GAT1, which is …

Towards a better understanding of GABAergic remodeling in Alzheimer's disease

K Govindpani, B Calvo-Flores Guzmán… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate brain.
In the past, there has been a major research drive focused on the dysfunction of the …

Emerging roles of astrocytes in blood-brain barrier disruption upon amyloid-beta insults in Alzheimer's disease

Q Yue, MPM Hoi - Neural Regeneration Research, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Blood-brain barrier disruption occurs in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Recent
studies indicate a link between blood-brain barrier dysfunction and cognitive decline and …

The GABAergic system as a therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease

B Calvo‐Flores Guzmán, C Vinnakota… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Glutamatergic and cholinergic dysfunction are well‐attested features of Alzheimer's disease
(AD), progressing with other pathological indices of the disorder and exacerbating neuronal …