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June 1994 3
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1994-06-01
Astrocytosis and axonal proliferation in the hippocampus of S100b transgenic mice
41/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Key finding: Expression in both lines is cell type- and tissue-appropriate, and expression levels are correlated with the transgene copy number, demonstrating that sequences necessary for normal regulation of the gene are included within the cloned segment. +4 more findings
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1994-06-01
The syndrome of 'pure akinesia' and its relationship to progressive supranuclear palsy
40/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools Neurology
Key finding: These clinical findings conform to a syndrome described repeatedly in Japan since 1974 as "pure akinesia." +2 more findings
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1994-06-01
Protective effect of apolipoprotein E type 2 allele for late onset Alzheimer disease
60/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Nature genetics
Key finding: Gene dosage of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon 4 allele is a major risk factor for familial Alzheimer disease (AD) of late onset (after age 60). +4 more findings
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May 1994 16
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1994-05-27
An Increased Percentage of Long Amyloid β Protein Secreted by Familial Amyloid β Protein Precursor (βApp 717 ) Mutants
54/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE Science
Normal processing of the amyloid beta protein precursor (beta APP) results in secretion of a soluble 4-kilodalton protein essentially identical to the amyloid beta protein (A beta) that forms insoluble fibrillar deposits in Alzheimer's disease.
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1994-05-01
Decreased concentrations of GLUT1 and GLUT3 glucose transporters in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease
40/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Annals of Neurology
Key finding: The concentrations of both transporters were reduced in the cerebral cortex, with larger and highly significant reductions observed for GLUT3, the putative neuronal glucose transporter.
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1994-05-01
A worldwide study of the Huntington's disease mutation. The sensitivity and specificity of measuring CAG repeats
52/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities The New England journal of medicine
Key finding: CAG trinucleotide expansion is the molecular basis of Huntington's disease worldwide and is a highly sensitive and specific marker for inheritance of the disease mutation. +3 more findings
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1994-05-01
Identification of two distinct synucleins from human brain
36/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology FEBS letters
Key finding: The 140 amino acid protein is identical with the precursor of the non-A beta component of Alzheimer's disease amyloid which in turn is highly homologous to synuclein from Torpedo electroplaques and rat brain. +4 more findings
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1994-05-01
Differential effects of apolipoproteins E3 and E4 on neuronal growth in vitro
41/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Science (New York, N.Y.)
Key finding: The data suggest that receptor-mediated binding or internalization (or both) of apoE-enriched beta-VLDL leads to isoform-specific differences in interactions with cellular proteins that affect neurite outgrowth.
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1994-05-01
Psychiatric comorbidity and length of stay in the general hospital. A critical review of outcome studies
36/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Psychosomatics
Key finding: Eighty-nine percent of all studies with sample sizes greater than 110 and 75% of the prospective, rigorously controlled, American studies found a significant association between psychiatric comorbidity and increased length of stay. +1 more finding
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1994-05-01
Advanced glycation end products contribute to amyloidosis in Alzheimer disease
36/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Key finding: AGE-modified beta AP-nucleation seeds further accelerated aggregation of soluble beta AP compared to non-modified "seed" material. +2 more findings
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1994-05-01
Epidemiology and comorbidity of anxiety disorders in the elderly
41/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology The American journal of psychiatry
Key finding: The author reviewed the epidemiology and comorbidity of anxiety disorders in the elderly. +3 more findings
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1994-05-01
Apolipoprotein E4 allele in a population-based study of early-onset Alzheimer's disease
52/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology Nature genetics
Key finding: Here we report on the relationship between APOE*4 and early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) in a Dutch population-based study. +3 more findings
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1994-05-01
Soluble amyloid beta-protein is a marker of Alzheimer amyloid in brain but not in cerebrospinal fluid
41/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE Biochemical and biophysical research communications
Key finding: Soluble A beta is a normal metabolic product and is present in cerebrospinal fluid. +3 more findings
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1994-05-01
Morphologic and biochemical analysis of the intracellular trafficking of the Alzheimer beta/A4 amyloid precursor protein
46/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
Key finding: Several aspects of normal APP processing have been elucidated, but the precise cellular trafficking of APP remains unclear. +3 more findings
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1994-05-01
Estrogen regulates metabolism of Alzheimer amyloid beta precursor protein
46/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE The Journal of biological chemistry
Key finding: Using a cell line that contains high levels of estrogen receptors, we have found that treatment with physiological concentrations of 17 beta-estradiol is associated with accumulation in the conditioned medium of an amino-terminal cleavage product of APP (soluble APP or protease nexin-2), indicative of non-amyloidogenic processing. +1 more finding
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1994-05-01
The evolution of ovarian oocyte decline with aging and possible relationships to Down syndrome and Alzheimer disease
35/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's Experimental gerontology
Key finding: Second, studies on mice suggest that the maternal age effect that accelerates the incidence of Down syndrome is due not to age per se but to dwindling ovarian oocyte pools.
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1994-05-01
Down syndrome phenotypes: the consequences of chromosomal imbalance
52/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Key finding: Besides a characteristic set of facial and physical features, DS is associated with congenital anomalies of the gastrointestinal tract, an increased risk of leukemia, immune system defects, and an Alzheimer-like dementia. +1 more finding
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1994-05-01
An evaluation of the predictive validity and inter-rater reliability of clinical diagnostic criteria for senile dementia of Lewy body type
45/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities Neurology
Key finding: Several recent autopsy studies suggest that senile dementia of Lewy body type (SDLT) may be the second most common neuropathologic cause of dementia in the elderly, accounting for 7 to 30% of all cases.
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1994-05-01
Idebenone, a new drug in the treatment of cognitive impairment in patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type
54/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Functional neurology
Key finding: The most common side effects associated with this treatment were insomnia, gastralgia, nausea, and anxiety.
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April 1994 6
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1994-04-06
Hepatotoxic Effects of Tacrine Administration in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease
52/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed How common it is JAMA
Key finding: Among the 2446 patients who received tacrine in clinical trials, ALT levels greater than the upper limit of normal (ULN) occurred on at least one occasion in 1203 patients (49%), ALT levels greater than three times the ULN occurred in 621 patients (25%), and ALT levels greater than 20 times the ULN occurred in 40 patients (2%). +4 more findings
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1994-04-01
Modulation of A beta adhesiveness and secretase site cleavage by zinc
36/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's The Journal of biological chemistry
Key finding: Zinc binding also increased A beta resistance to tryptic cleavage at the secretase site, indicating that a small (<3 microM) increase in brain Zn2+ concentration could significantly alter A beta metabolism.
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1994-04-01
Pancreatic islet cell toxicity of amylin associated with type-2 diabetes mellitus
41/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Nature
Key finding: These findings indicate that amylin fibril formation in the pancreas may cause islet cell dysfunction and death in type-2 diabetes mellitus.
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1994-04-01
A 30-week randomized controlled trial of high-dose tacrine in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The Tacrine Study Group
79/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical trials JAMA
Key finding: Tacrine produced statistically significant, dose-related improvements on objective performance-based tests, clinician- and caregiver-rated global evaluations, and measures of quality of life. +4 more findings
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1994-04-01
Incidence of dementia in a population older than 75 years in the United Kingdom
40/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Archives of general psychiatry
Key finding: The findings show high rates of new onset dementia, increasing markedly with age, and suggest rapid acceleration of one or more processes that is common in advanced age. +1 more finding
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1994-04-01
The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD). Part V. A normative study of the neuropsychological battery
47/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Neurology
The neuropsychological tests developed for the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) are currently used to measure cognitive impairments of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in clinical investigations of this disorder.
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