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  1. The two faces of synaptic failure in AppNL-G-F knock-in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2020-08-24 Disease mechanisms

    We found a beginning synaptic impairment (LTP deficit) at 3-4 months in the prefrontal cortex of AppNL-G-F mice that is further aggravated and extended to the hippocampus at 6-8 months.

  2. Multifunctional roles of zinc in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neurotoxicology 2020-07-24 Drug development

    Zinc is the second abundant trace element in the human central nervous system (CNS).

  3. Endosomal-lysosomal dysfunction in metabolic diseases and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International review of neurobiology 2020-07-10 Disease mechanisms

    The endosomal-lysosomal pathways and related autophagic processes are responsible for proteostasis, involving complexes between lysosomes and autophagosomes.

  4. TRIM32 Deficiency Impairs Synaptic Plasticity by Excitatory-Inhibitory Imbalance via Notch Pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 2020-06-30 Disease mechanisms

    Synaptic plasticity is the neural basis of physiological processes involved in learning and memory.

  5. TDP-1/TDP-43 potentiates human α-Synuclein (HASN) neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease 2020-06-09 Brain tissue and pathology

    TAR DNA binding protein (TDP-43) is a DNA/RNA binding protein whose pathological role in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontal temporal lobe dementia (FTLD) via formation of protein aggregates is well established.

  6. Mechanisms of neurodegeneration - Insights from familial Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Seminars in cell & developmental biology 2020-05-14 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The rising prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD), together with the lack of effective treatments, portray it as one of the major health challenges of our times.

  7. Dendritic Spine and Synaptic Plasticity in Alzheimer's Disease: A Focus on MicroRNA

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology 2020-05-05 Disease mechanisms

    Dendrites and dendritic spines are dynamic structures with pivotal roles in brain connectivity and have been recognized as the locus of long-term synaptic plasticity related to cognitive processes such as learning and memory.

  8. The Braak hypothesis in prion disease with a focus on Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology 2020-05-03 Brain tissue and pathology

    This review considers whether the Braak hypothesis on protein propagation could account for prion disease, particularly Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

  9. Synaptic plasticity in Alzheimer's disease and healthy aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Reviews in the neurosciences 2020-04-28 Disease mechanisms

    The strength and efficiency of synaptic connections are affected by the environment or the experience of the individual.

  10. Mitochondria in Alzheimer's disease and their potential role in Alzheimer's proteostasis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Experimental neurology 2020-04-25 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive brain disorder characterized by memory loss and the accumulation of two insoluble protein aggregates, tau neurofibrillary tangles and beta-amyloid plaques.

  11. New Insights into the Molecular Bases of Familial Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of personalized medicine 2020-04-19 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Like several neurodegenerative disorders, such as Prion and Parkinson diseases, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by spreading mechanism of aggregated proteins in the brain in a typical "prion-like" manner.

  12. Circadian and sleep/wake-dependent variations in tau phosphorylation are driven by temperature

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Sleep 2020-04-15 Risk factors

    We found that tau phosphorylation undergoes sleep-driven circadian variations as it is hyperphosphorylated during sleep but not during acute sleep deprivation.

  13. Proteostasis Failure in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Focus on Oxidative Stress

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity 2020-03-27 Disease mechanisms

    Protein homeostasis or proteostasis is an essential balance of cellular protein levels mediated through an extensive network of biochemical pathways that regulate different steps of the protein quality control, from the synthesis to the degradation.

  14. Cryo-temperature effects on membrane protein structure and dynamics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP 2020-03-11 Biomarkers

    Innovations in cryogenic electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) have led to high-quality structures of important proteins such as the ribosome and γ-secretase, the membrane protease that produces Aβ involved in Alzheimer's disease.

  15. Spinosin Attenuates Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Synaptic Dysfunction via Regulation of Plasmin Activity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Biomolecules & therapeutics 2020-03-01 Disease mechanisms

    Hippocampal synaptic dysfunction is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  16. TDP-43: From Alzheimer's Disease to Limbic-Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in molecular neuroscience 2020-02-28 Brain tissue and pathology

    Since the discovery of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) in 1995, our understanding of its role continues to expand as research progresses.

  17. Benzothiazole amphiphiles promote RasGRF1-associated dendritic spine formation in human stem cell-derived neurons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. FEBS open bio 2020-01-30 Disease mechanisms

    Synaptic dysfunction has been implicated as an early cause of cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) such as Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  18. Dendritic Spines in Alzheimer's Disease: How the Actin Cytoskeleton Contributes to Synaptic Failure

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2020-01-30 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by Aβ-driven synaptic dysfunction in the early phases of pathogenesis.

  19. Interplay Between Mitochondrial Oxidative Disorders and Proteostasis in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in neuroscience 2020-01-29 Disease mechanisms

    Although the basis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) etiology remains unknown, oxidative stress (OS) has been recognized as a prodromal factor associated to its progression.

  20. Intracellular Calcium Dysregulation by the Alzheimer's Disease-Linked Protein Presenilin 2

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2020-01-24 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia.

  21. Autophagy modulates Aβ accumulation and formation of aggregates in yeast

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Molecular and cellular neurosciences 2020-01-18 Disease mechanisms

    Intracellular accumulation of amyloid-β protein (Aβ) is an early event in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  22. Apolipoprotein E Interferes with IAPP Aggregation and Protects Pericytes from IAPP-Induced Toxicity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Biomolecules 2020-01-14 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) has become a primary focus of research after the discovery of its strong linkage to Alzheimer's disease (AD), where the ApoE4 variant is the highest genetic risk factor for this disease.

  23. Chronic PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade Does Not Affect Cognition or Promote Tau Clearance in a Tauopathy Mouse Model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2020-01-14 Drug development

    Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) checkpoint blockade with an antibody has been shown to reduce amyloid-β plaques, associated pathologies and cognitive impairment in mouse models.

  24. TDP-43 and Limbic-Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2020-01-14 Brain tissue and pathology

    Through a number of an extensive autopsy, biomarker, and genomics studies, researchers have recently defined a novel type of dementia known as limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE).

  25. Presenilin 1 Regulates Membrane Homeostatic Pathways that are Dysregulated in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2020 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Mutations in the PSEN1 gene, encoding presenilin 1 (PS1), are the most common cause of familial Alzheimer's disease (fAD).

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