Education and cognitive functioning across the life span

M Lövdén, L Fratiglioni, MM Glymour… - … science in the …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Cognitive abilities are important predictors of educational and occupational performance,
socioeconomic attainment, health, and longevity. Declines in cognitive abilities are linked to …

The role of innate immune responses and neuroinflammation in amyloid accumulation and progression of Alzheimer's disease

A Webers, MT Heneka… - Immunology and cell …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation, tau pathology
and neuroinflammation. Recently, there has been considerable interest in the role of …

Defeating Alzheimer's disease and other dementias: a priority for European science and society

B Winblad, P Amouyel, S Andrieu, C Ballard… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, and
because the primary risk factor for AD is old age, the prevalence of the disease is increasing …

Astrocytes: a central element in neurological diseases

M Pekny, M Pekna, A Messing, C Steinhäuser… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
The neurone-centred view of the past disregarded or downplayed the role of astroglia as a
primary component in the pathogenesis of neurological diseases. As this concept is …

Cannabidiol for neurodegenerative disorders: A comprehensive review

S Bhunia, N Kolishetti, AY Arias, A Vashist… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite the significant advances in neurology, the cure for neurodegenerative conditions
remains a formidable task to date. Among various factors arising from the complex etiology …

Three dimensions of the amyloid hypothesis: time, space and'wingmen'

ES Musiek, DM Holtzman - Nature neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
The amyloid hypothesis, which has been the predominant framework for research in
Alzheimer's disease (AD), has been the source of considerable controversy. The amyloid …

Galectin-3, a novel endogenous TREM2 ligand, detrimentally regulates inflammatory response in Alzheimer's disease

A Boza-Serrano, R Ruiz, R Sanchez-Varo… - Acta …, 2019 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease in which the
formation of extracellular aggregates of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide, fibrillary tangles of …

Rare-disease genetics in the era of next-generation sequencing: discovery to translation

KM Boycott, MR Vanstone, DE Bulman… - Nature Reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
Work over the past 25 years has resulted in the identification of genes responsible for~ 50%
of the estimated 7,000 rare monogenic diseases, and it is predicted that most of the …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular genetics of early-onset Alzheimer's disease revisited

R Cacace, K Sleegers, C Van Broeckhoven - Alzheimer's & dementia, 2016 - Elsevier
As the discovery of the Alzheimer's disease (AD) genes, APP, PSEN1, and PSEN2, in
families with autosomal dominant early-onset AD (EOAD), gene discovery in familial EOAD …

Molecular basis of familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease

J Dorszewska, M Prendecki… - Current Alzheimer …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial disease with genetic (70%) and environmental
(30%) causes. Among the genetic factors are genes associated with a family history of the …