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  1. [Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists: a new pharmacological treatment option for psychiatric illnesses?]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Der Nervenarzt 2025-03-05 Drug development

    Albiglutide, dulaglutide, exenatide, liraglutide, lixisenatide, orforglipron and semaglutide are glucagon-like peptide‑1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists.

  2. Aerobic exercise improves clearance of amyloid-β via the glymphatic system in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Brain research bulletin 2025-02-17 Prevention trials

    The funding showed that APP/PS1 mice have learning and memory impairment, and the glymphatic system is dysfunction.

  3. L-Lactate Administration Improved Synaptic Plasticity and Cognition in Early 3xTg-AD Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2025-02-11 Disease mechanisms

    Synaptic plasticity impairment and behavioral deficits constitute classical pathological hallmarks in early-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  4. Microbiome: A Key Regulator of Body-Brain Interactions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2025 Disease mechanisms

    The gut microbiota, consisting of trillions of microorganisms, plays a critical role in regulating host physiology, including metabolism, immune responses, and brain function.

  5. Accumulated BCAAs and BCKAs contribute to the HFD-induced deterioration of Alzheimer's disease via a dysfunctional TREM2-related reduction in microglial β-amyloid clearance

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2024-12-23 TREM2 and immune genetics

    A high-fat diet (HFD) induces obesity and insulin resistance, which may exacerbate amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) pathology during Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression.

  6. GLP-1 receptor signaling restores aquaporin 4 subcellular polarization in reactive astrocytes and promotes amyloid β clearance in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2024-11-19 Drug development

    The physiological actions of a gut hormone, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain remain poorly understood, although GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) expression in this organ has been shown in several experimental studies.

  7. A promising drug repurposing approach for Alzheimer's treatment: Givinostat improves cognitive behavior and pathological features in APP/PS1 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Redox biology 2024-11-06 Drug development

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease, characterized by memory loss, speech and motor defects, personality changes, and psychological disorders.

  8. Neurodegenerative Disorders and the Gut-Microbiome-Brain Axis: A Literature Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cureus 2024-10-26 Disease mechanisms

    Neurodegenerative diseases are severe, age-related conditions with complex etiologies that result in significant morbidity and mortality.

  9. Metformin Mitigates Trimethyltin-Induced Cognition Impairment and Hippocampal Neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cellular and molecular neurobiology 2024-10-23 Drug development

    The neurotoxicant trimethyltin (TMT) triggers cognitive impairment and hippocampal neurodegeneration.

  10. Semaglutide ameliorates Alzheimer's disease and restores oxytocin in APP/PS1 mice and human brain organoid models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie 2024-10-13 Drug development

    Behavioral analyses on APP/PS1 mice demonstrated that Semaglutide improved the cognitive capabilities, particularly in the learning and memory domains.

  11. Exercise, Neuroprotective Exerkines, and Parkinson's Disease: A Narrative Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biomolecules 2024-09-30 Prevention trials

    Parkinson's disease (PD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disease in which treatment often includes an exercise regimen.

  12. The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and Neurological Disorders: A Comprehensive Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Life (Basel, Switzerland) 2024-09-26 Disease mechanisms

    Microbes have inhabited the earth for hundreds of millions of years longer than humans.

  13. GLP-1 analogue liraglutide attenuates CIH-induced cognitive deficits by inhibiting oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and apoptosis via the Nrf2/HO-1 and MAPK/NF-κB signaling pathways

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International immunopharmacology 2024-09-24 Drug development

    Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common clinical condition linked to cognitive impairment, mainly characterized by chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH).

  14. Gut microbiota metabolites: potential therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in pharmacology 2024-09-17 Disease mechanisms

    The gut microbiota plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of AD through continuous bidirectional communication via the microbiota-gut-brain axis.

  15. Alzheimer's disease-related presenilins are key to intestinal epithelial cell function and gut immune homoeostasis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Gut 2024-09-09 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Psen1 expression was regulated in experimental gut inflammation and in patients with IBD.

  16. Multi-omics analysis of gut-brain axis reveals novel microbial and neurotransmitter signatures in patients with arteriosclerotic cerebral small vessel disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Pharmacological research 2024-09-06 Disease mechanisms

    Arteriosclerotic cerebral small vessel disease (aCSVD) is a major cause of stroke and dementia.

  17. The GLP-1 medicines semaglutide and tirzepatide do not alter disease-related pathology, behaviour or cognitive function in 5XFAD and APP/PS1 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Molecular metabolism 2024-08-30 Drug development

    Semaglutide reduced body weight and improved glucose tolerance in 12-month-old male and female 5XFAD and APP/PS1 mice, consistent with pharmacological engagement of the GLP-1R. Nevertheless, amyloid plaque density was not different in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, or subiculum of semaglutide-treated 12-month-old 5XFAD and APP/PS1 mice.

  18. Brain-Gut and Microbiota-Gut-Brain Communication in Type-2 Diabetes Linked Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Nutrients 2024-08-03 Disease mechanisms

    The gastrointestinal (GI) tract, home to the largest microbial population in the human body, plays a crucial role in overall health through various mechanisms.

  19. Incretin-Based Multi-Agonist Peptides Are Neuroprotective and Anti-Inflammatory in Cellular Models of Neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biomolecules 2024-07-19 Drug development

    Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)-based drugs have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are widely used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity.

  20. Insulin resistance as the molecular link between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. World journal of diabetes 2024-07-15 Risk factors

    Diabetes mellitus (DM) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are two major health concerns that have seen a rising prevalence worldwide.

  21. Exploring the gut-brain Axis: Potential therapeutic impact of Psychobiotics on mental health

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry 2024-06-22 Disease mechanisms

    One of the most challenging and controversial issues in microbiome research is related to gut microbial metabolism and neuropsychological disorders.

  22. AdipoRon Ameliorates Synaptic Dysfunction and Inhibits tau Hyperphosphorylation through the AdipoR/AMPK/mTOR Pathway in T2DM Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Neurochemical research 2024-05-31 Disease mechanisms

    There is growing evidence showing that adiponectin (APN) can improve Alzheimer's disease(AD)-like pathological changes by improving insulin resistance.

  23. Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis Dysregulation in Alzheimer's Disease: Multi-Pathway Effects and Therapeutic Potential

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Aging and disease 2024-05-07 Disease mechanisms

    An essential regulator of neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the gut microbiota.

  24. Neuroinflammation induced by amyloid-forming pancreatic amylin: Rationale for a mechanistic hypothesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biophysical chemistry 2024-04-22 Inflammation and the immune system

    Amylin is a systemic neuroendocrine hormone co-expressed and co-secreted with insulin by pancreatic β-cells.

  25. Genetic and epigenetic targets of natural dietary compounds as anti-Alzheimer's agents

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Neural regeneration research 2024-04 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the most common cause of dementia that principally affects older adults.

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