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Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0). Tap a score to see what makes it up.

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  1. [Neuropathology]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology 2011-11 Brain tissue and pathology

    This research is based on the brain bank project, which combines prospective clinical follow ups and retrospective neuropathological studies.

  2. Hereditary and sporadic forms of abeta-cerebrovascular amyloidosis and relevant transgenic mouse models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2009-04-23 Biomarkers

    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) refers to the specific deposition of amyloid fibrils in the leptomeningeal and cerebral blood vessel walls, often causing secondary vascular degenerative changes.

  3. Aging and alpha-synuclein affect synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) 2008-11-11 Disease mechanisms

    Although intracellular accumulation of alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) is a characteristic pathological change in Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease, the normal function of this presynaptic protein is still unknown.

  4. Amyloid beta-peptide levels in laser capture microdissected cornu ammonis 1 pyramidal neurons of Alzheimer's brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neuroreport 2008-07-16 Biomarkers

    Deposition of the amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) is a pathophysiological event associated with Alzheimer's disease.

  5. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: pathogenetic mechanisms and link to dense amyloid plaques

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Genes, brain, and behavior 2008-02 Biomarkers

    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) of the amyloid-beta (Abeta) type is the most common form of sporadic CAA and is now also accepted as an early and integral part of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis.

  6. Alzheimer's disease amyloid-beta peptide modulates apolipoprotein E isoform specific receptor binding

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2005-08 Genetics

    The major protein component of the extracellular deposits in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a 4 kDa peptide termed amyloid-beta (Abeta).

  7. HIV secreted protein Tat prevents long-term potentiation in the hippocampal CA1 region

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Brain research 2004-06-25 Disease mechanisms

    HIV-associated dementia (HAD) is a complication of advanced HIV disease.

  8. Alz-50/Gallyas-positive lysosome-like intraneuronal granules in Alzheimer's disease and control brains

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neuroscience letters 1998-12-18 Drug development

    The Gallyas-Braak silver impregnation method revealed neurons containing well-defined intraneuronal granules in both Alzheimer's disease and normal control brains.

  9. Immunotherapy with Aducanumab Restores Calcium Homeostasis in Tg2576 Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of Neuroscience 2016-11-03 Treatments

    Calcium homeostasis plays a major role in maintaining neuronal function under physiological conditions.

  10. Casting a Wide Net: Role of Perineuronal Nets in Neural Plasticity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2016-11-01 Risk factors

    Perineuronal nets (PNNs) are unique extracellular matrix structures that wrap around certain neurons in the CNS during development and control plasticity in the adult CNS.

  11. Tau and tauopathies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Brain research bulletin 2016-09-09 Disease mechanisms

    Most neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by intracellular aggregates of insoluble proteins.

  12. Atomic-resolution structure of a disease-relevant Aβ(1-42) amyloid fibril

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2016-07-28 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Amyloid-β (Aβ) is present in humans as a 39- to 42-amino acid residue metabolic product of the amyloid precursor protein.

  13. Antibody-Mediated Targeting of Tau In Vivo Does Not Require Effector Function and Microglial Engagement

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Cell reports 2016-07-28 Drug development

    The spread of tau pathology correlates with cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease.

  14. Atomic Resolution Structure of Monomorphic Aβ42 Amyloid Fibrils

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016-07-14 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Amyloid-β (Aβ) is a 39-42 residue protein produced by the cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), which subsequently aggregates to form cross-β amyloid fibrils that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  15. Proteolytic processing of Neuregulin-1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Brain research bulletin 2016-07-05 Treatments

    Neuregulin-1 (NRG1), known also as heregulin, acetylcholine receptor inducing activity (ARIA), glial growth factor (GGF), or sensory and motor neuron derived factor (SMDF), is a key factor for many developmental processes and in adult brain.

  16. TFEB at a glance

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of cell science 2016-06-01 Disease mechanisms

    The transcription factor EB (TFEB) plays a pivotal role in the regulation of basic cellular processes, such as lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy.

  17. Preclinical Characterization of 18F-MK-6240, a Promising PET Tracer for In Vivo Quantification of Human Neurofibrillary Tangles

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2016-05-26 Brain scans and imaging

    A PET tracer is desired to help guide the discovery and development of disease-modifying therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases characterized by neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), the predominant tau pathology in Alzheimer disease (AD).

  18. Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) made up of aggregated tau protein have been identified as the pathologic hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease.

  19. Cellular uptake of PLGA nanoparticles targeted with anti-amyloid and anti-transferrin receptor antibodies for Alzheimer's disease treatment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces 2016-04-20 Treatments

    During the last few decades, relevant efforts have been reported to design nanocarriers for drug transport through the blood brain barrier (BBB).

  20. Amyloid precursor protein-mediated endocytic pathway disruption induces axonal dysfunction and neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of clinical investigation 2016-04-11 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    The endosome/lysosome pathway is disrupted early in the course of both Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Down syndrome (DS); however, it is not clear how dysfunction in this pathway influences the development of these diseases.

  21. Amyloid cascade in Alzheimer's disease: Recent advances in medicinal chemistry

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. European journal of medicinal chemistry 2016-02-22 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease is of major concern all over the world due to a number of factors including (i) an aging population (ii) increasing life span and (iii) lack of effective pharmacotherapy options.

  22. Mitochondria-Targeting Ceria Nanoparticles as Antioxidants for Alzheimer’s Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. ACS Nano 2016-02-04 Disease mechanisms

    Mitochondrial oxidative stress is a key pathologic factor in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease.

  23. Autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease caused by SNCA duplications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Parkinsonism & related disorders 2015-09-03 Brain scans and imaging

    The discovery in 1997 that mutations in the SNCA gene cause Parkinson's disease (PD) greatly advanced our understanding of this illness.

  24. Precortical Phase of Alzheimer's Disease (AD)-Related Tau Cytoskeletal Pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) 2015-08-24 Drug development

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents the most frequent progressive neuropsychiatric disorder worldwide leading to dementia.

  25. Laser-scanning confocal microscopy, flow cytometry analysis and inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy ICP-AES revealed high cellular uptake of B6-SA-SeNPs by cerebral endothelial cells (bEnd.3).

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