Tau-mediated neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

C Ballatore, VMY Lee, JQ Trojanowski - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2007 - nature.com
Advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of tau-mediated neurodegeneration in
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related tauopathies, which are characterized by prominent …

Animal models of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia

J Götz, LM Ittner - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2008 - nature.com
Insoluble protein aggregates have been linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and
frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Recent work in transgenic mice has shed light on the role of …

Overview of Alzheimer's Disease and Some Therapeutic Approaches Targeting Aβ by Using Several Synthetic and Herbal Compounds

SK Singh, S Srivastav, AK Yadav… - Oxidative medicine …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex age‐related neurodegenerative disease. In this
review, we carefully detail amyloid‐β metabolism and its role in AD. We also consider the …

Amyloid-β aggregation

VH Finder, R Glockshuber - Neurodegenerative Diseases, 2007 - karger.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in the growing
population of elderly people. A hallmark of AD is the accumulation of plaques in the brain of …

Mitochondrial dysfunction: the missing link between aging and sporadic Alzheimer's disease

A Grimm, K Friedland, A Eckert - Biogerontology, 2016 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that represents the
most common form of dementia among the elderly. Despite the fact that AD was studied for …

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 …

Impairments in remote memory stabilization precede hippocampal synaptic and cognitive failures in 5XFAD Alzheimer mouse model

R Kimura, M Ohno - Neurobiology of disease, 2009 - Elsevier
Although animal models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) recapitulate β-amyloid-dependent
hippocampal synaptic and cognitive dysfunctions, it is poorly understood how cortex …

The magic of crystal structure-based inhibitor optimization: development of a butyrylcholinesterase inhibitor with picomolar affinity and in vivo activity

U Kosak, B Brus, D Knez, S Zakelj… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The enzymatic activity of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) in the brain increases with the
progression of Alzheimer's disease, thus classifying BChE as a promising drug target in …

Removing obstacles in neuroscience drug discovery: the future path for animal models

A Markou, C Chiamulera, MA Geyer… - …, 2009 - nature.com
Despite great advances in basic neuroscience knowledge, the improved understanding of
brain functioning has not yet led to the introduction of truly novel pharmacological …

Intranasal H102 peptide-loaded liposomes for brain delivery to treat Alzheimer's disease

X Zheng, X Shao, C Zhang, Y Tan, Q Liu, X Wan… - Pharmaceutical …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose H102, a novel β-sheet breaker peptide, was encapsulated into liposomes to reduce
its degradation and increase its brain penetration through intranasal administration for the …