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2016-06-27
The inhibition of TDP-43 mitochondrial localization blocks its neuronal toxicity
58/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Lewy body dementia Nature medicine
Key finding: Here we have found that TDP-43 accumulates in the mitochondria of neurons in subjects with ALS or frontotemporal dementia (FTD). +4 more findings
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2016-06-27
Cerebral hypoperfusion and glucose hypometabolism: Key pathophysiological modulators promote neurodegeneration, cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease
45/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Journal of neuroscience research
Key finding: There is significant evidence that pathways involving inflammation and oxidative-nitrosative stress (ONS) play a key pathophysiological role in promoting cognitive dysfunction.
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2016-06-27
Feasibility of an Immersive Virtual Reality Intervention for Hospitalized Patients: An Observational Cohort Study
51/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools JMIR mental health
Key finding: Most inpatient users of VR described the experience as pleasant and capable of reducing pain and anxiety. +3 more findings
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2016-06-27
A systematic review of the relationship between behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) and caregiver well-being
64/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving International psychogeriatrics
Key finding: The evidence is not conclusive as to whether some BPSD impact caregiver well-being more than others.
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2016-06-26
Tau-Centric Targets and Drugs in Clinical Development for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
48/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development BioMed research international
Key finding: MT chloride (methylene blue) was investigated in a 24-week Phase II clinical trial in 321 patients with mild to moderate AD that failed to show significant positive effects in mild AD patients, although long-term observations (50 weeks) and biomarker studies suggested possible benefit. +1 more finding
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2016-06-26
A multiple hold-out framework for Sparse Partial Least Squares
40/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools Journal of neuroscience methods
Key finding: SPLS outperformed PLS, finding statistically significant effects and providing higher correlation values in hold-out data. +4 more findings
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2016-06-25
A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease
53/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Key finding: The present study creates the first-ever multiethnic referent sample that spans community-based and clinic-based populations for implementation of an AD blood screen.
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2016-06-24
The mTOR signalling cascade: paving new roads to cure neurological disease
36/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Nature reviews. Neurology
Key finding: In line with the positioning of mTOR as a pivotal cell signalling node, altered mTOR activation has been associated with a group of phenotypically diverse neurological disorders.
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2016-06-23
Classification of patients with MCI and AD from healthy controls using directed graph measures of resting-state fMRI
41/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools Behavioural brain research
Key finding: We also performed a hub node analysis and found that the number of hubs in HC, MCI, and AD were 12, 10, and 9, respectively, suggesting that patients with AD experience disturbance of critical communication areas in their brain network as AD progresses.
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2016-06-23
Increases of SET level and translocation are correlated with tau hyperphosphorylation at ser202/thr205 in CA1 of Ts65Dn mice
36/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's Neurobiology of aging
Key finding: We previously observed that in CA1 of Down syndrome (DS) patients, the level of SET is increased, and SET is translocated to the cytoplasm and associated with the hyperphosphorylation of tau at ser202/thr205. +1 more finding
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2016-06-22
Ubiquitin-dependent and independent roles of SUMO in proteostasis
38/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms American journal of physiology. Cell physiology
Key finding: Cellular proteomes are continuously undergoing alterations as a result of new production of proteins, protein folding, and degradation of proteins. +1 more finding
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2016-06-22
Brain microbleeds: Epidemiology and clinical implications
39/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Neurologia
Key finding: The prevalence of BMB is highly variable (3%-27% in the general population, 6%-80% in patients with vascular risk factors or vascular disease, and 16%-45% in patients with cognitive impairment). +4 more findings
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2016-06-22
Mirabegron for the treatment of overactive bladder: cost-effectiveness from US commercial health-plan and Medicare Advantage perspectives
51/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Health systems and care delivery Journal of Medical Economics
Key finding: From both commercial and Medicare Advantage perspectives, mirabegron was the most clinically effective treatment, while oxybutynin was the least expensive. +3 more findings
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2016-06-22
Lower cerebral blood flow is associated with faster cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
52/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment European radiology
Key finding: We included 88 patients with dementia due to AD from the Amsterdam Dementia Cohort. +3 more findings
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2016-06-22
The C9orf72 protein interacts with Rab1a and the ULK1 complex to regulate initiation of autophagy
51/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Lewy body dementia The EMBO journal
Key finding: Thus, our data identify C9orf72 as a novel Rab1a effector in the regulation of autophagy and indicate that C9orf72 haploinsufficiency and associated reductions in autophagy might be the underlying cause of C9ALS/FTD-associated p62 pathology.
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2016-06-21
Linking mitochondrial dysfunction, metabolic syndrome and stress signaling in Neurodegeneration
39/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease
Key finding: These cumulative pleiotropic burdens in mitochondria leads to insulin resistance, increased ROS production; enhanced stress-related enzymes that is directly linked MetS and diabetes in neurodegeneration. +4 more findings
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2016-06-21
Early role of vascular dysregulation on late-onset Alzheimer's disease based on multifactorial data-driven analysis
43/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Tau biomarkers Nature communications
Key finding: Imaging results suggest that intra-brain vascular dysregulation is an early pathological event during disease development. +3 more findings
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2016-06-20
Matrix metalloproteinases in the brain and blood-brain barrier: Versatile breakers and makers
36/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
Key finding: We summarize and review current knowledge and understanding of matrix metalloproteinases in the brain and at the blood-brain barrier in neuroinflammation, multiple sclerosis, cerebral aneurysms, stroke, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and brain cancer. +4 more findings
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2016-06-20
First-in-human, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-dose escalation study of aducanumab (BIIB037) in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease
53/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)
Key finding: In this single-dose study, aducanumab demonstrated an acceptable safety and tolerability profile and linear PK at doses ≤30 mg/kg (clinicaltrials.govNCT01397539). +1 more finding
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2016-06-18
Exposure to air pollution as a potential contributor to cognitive function, cognitive decline, brain imaging, and dementia: A systematic review of epidemiologic research
64/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Neurotoxicology
Key finding: We also identified several common challenges. +1 more finding
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2016-06-18
Alzheimer's disease due to loss of function: A new synthesis of the available data
57/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Progress in neurobiology
Key finding: This paradigm has been criticized, yet most data suggest that Aβ plays a key role in the disease.
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2016-06-17
Sleep: A Novel Mechanistic Pathway, Biomarker, and Treatment Target in the Pathology of Alzheimer's Disease?
36/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Trends in neurosciences
Key finding: Sleep disruption appears to be a core component of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and its pathophysiology. +3 more findings
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2016-06-15
Oxidative stress, protein modification and Alzheimer disease
38/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Brain research bulletin
Key finding: Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain different causes of AD, but the exact mechanisms remain unclear. +4 more findings
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2016-06-15
Tau physiology and pathomechanisms in frontotemporal lobar degeneration
40/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Journal of neurochemistry
Key finding: Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) has been associated with toxic intracellular aggregates of hyperphosphorylated tau (FTLD-tau).
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2016-06-15
Molecular neuropathology of frontotemporal dementia: insights into disease mechanisms from postmortem studies
51/100 ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology Journal of neurochemistry
Key finding: The past decade has seen the discovery of several new FTD-causing genetic mutations and the identification of many of the relevant pathological proteins. +3 more findings
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