Factors affecting the GABAergic synapse function in Alzheimer's disease: Focus on microRNAs

J Rivera, B Sharma, MM Torres, S Kumar - Ageing Research Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurological disease characterized by the loss of
cognitive function, confusion, and memory deficit. Accumulation of abnormal proteins …

An unbalanced synaptic transmission: cause or consequence of the amyloid oligomers neurotoxicity?

M Sciaccaluga, A Megaro, G Bellomo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Amyloid-β (Aβ) 1-40 and 1-42 peptides are key mediators of synaptic and cognitive
dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Whereas in AD, Aβ is found to act as a pro …

Reactive astrocytes as drug target in Alzheimer's disease

BT Assefa, AK Gebre, BM Altaye - BioMed research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by deposition of
extracellular amyloid‐β, intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, and loss of cortical neurons …

GABA B Receptor-Mediated PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway Alleviates Oxidative Stress and Neuronal Cell Injury in a Rat Model of Alzheimer's Disease

Z Sun, L Sun, L Tu - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Background: Oxidative stress has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) as a common
pathway underlying neuronal damage causing huge impacts on cognitive functions in the …

Identification of hub genes associated with cognition in the hippocampus of Alzheimer's Disease

YJ Liu, TT Liu, LH Jiang, Q Liu, ZL Ma, TJ Xia… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease featured by cognitive impairment.
This bioinformatic analysis was used to identify hub genes related to cognitive dysfunction in …

Epileptic mechanisms shared by Alzheimer's disease: Viewed via the unique lens of genetic epilepsy

JQ Kang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Our recent work on genetic epilepsy (GE) has identified common mechanisms between GE
and neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although both …

Circuit-specific and neuronal subcellular-wide EI balance in cortical pyramidal cells

W Yang, QQ Sun - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
We used ChR2-assisted circuit mapping (CRACM) to examine neuronal/compartmental
excitatory and inhibitory synaptic balance (EI balance) in pyramidal cells (PCs) located in …

Molecular pathophysiology of insulin depletion, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease brain

Y Nakabeppu - Diabetes Mellitus: A risk factor for Alzheimer's Disease, 2019 - Springer
Accumulating clinical data indicates that insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus (DM) are
major risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, the exact mechanisms on how …

Triptolide injection reduces Alzheimer's disease‐like pathology in mice

R Mao, S Xu, G Sun, Y Yu, Z Zuo, Y Wang, K Yang… - Synapse, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Triptolide is an epoxidized diterpene lactone isolated from Tripterygium wilfordii. Studies
have shown that triptolide exerts organ‐protective effects. However, it remains unknown …

Electroconvulsive therapy for neuropsychiatric symptoms due to major neurocognitive disorder: a prospective, observational study

P Chan, RE Waxman, S Woo, C Docherty… - The Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) in those with major neurocognitive disorder
(MNCD) include the responsive behaviors of agitation and aggression. Electroconvulsive …