[HTML][HTML] Neuroimaging in schizophrenia: an overview of findings and their implications for synaptic changes

OD Howes, C Cummings, GE Chapman… - …, 2023 - nature.com
Over the last five decades, a large body of evidence has accrued for structural and metabolic
brain alterations in schizophrenia. Here we provide an overview of these findings, focusing …

[HTML][HTML] The use of neuroimaging techniques in the early and differential diagnosis of dementia

L Chouliaras, JT O'Brien - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Dementia is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. At present there is no
disease modifying treatment for any of the most common types of dementia such as …

Evolving concepts in progressive supranuclear palsy and other 4-repeat tauopathies

M Stamelou, G Respondek, N Giagkou… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Tauopathies are classified according to whether tau deposits predominantly contain tau
isoforms with three or four repeats of the microtubule-binding domain. Those in which four …

Targeting synapse function and loss for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

B Dejanovic, M Sheng, JE Hanson - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Synapse dysfunction and loss are hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases that correlate
with cognitive decline. However, the mechanisms and therapeutic strategies to prevent or …

A synergistic core for human brain evolution and cognition

AI Luppi, PAM Mediano, FE Rosas, N Holland… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
How does the organization of neural information processing enable humans' sophisticated
cognition? Here we decompose functional interactions between brain regions into …

Synaptic Loss in Frontotemporal Dementia Revealed by [11C]UCB‐J Positron Emission Tomography

M Malpetti, PS Jones, TE Cope, N Holland… - Annals of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Synaptic loss is an early feature of neurodegenerative disease models, and is
severe in post mortem clinical studies, including frontotemporal dementia. Positron emission …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging synaptic density: the next holy grail of neuroscience?

ME Serrano, E Kim, MM Petrinovic… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The brain is the central and most complex organ in the nervous system, comprising billions
of neurons that constantly communicate through trillions of connections called synapses …

[HTML][HTML] Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A: features and functions

R Rossi, S Arjmand, SL Bærentzen, A Gjedde… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, the field of neuroimaging dramatically moved forward by means of the
expeditious development of specific radioligands of novel targets. Among these targets, the …

Imaging of synaptic density in neurodegenerative disorders

RE Carson, M Naganawa, T Toyonaga… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
PET technology has produced many radiopharmaceuticals that target specific brain proteins
and other measures of brain function. Recently, a new approach has emerged to image …

[HTML][HTML] Synaptic density affects clinical severity via network dysfunction in syndromes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration

DJ Whiteside, N Holland, KA Tsvetanov, E Mak… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
There is extensive synaptic loss from frontotemporal lobar degeneration, in preclinical
models and human in vivo and post mortem studies. Understanding the consequences of …