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  1. Aβ42 oligomers disrupt calcium homeostasis via Piezo1 and induce neurotoxicity in differentiated SH-SY5Y cells 2026-10-29
  2. Endocannabinnoids innervate Circadian mechinary mitigating neuroinflammation, amyloidogenesis and cognition phenotypic to AD 2026-10-29
  3. Repeated VU0155069 Treatment Is Associated with Region- and Pathological Stage-Specific Dendritic Spine Remodeling in Female 3xTg-AD Mice 2026-10-27

Studies

288 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1983 to 2026

Top journals

  • The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 17
  • Nature neuroscience 10
  • Neuron 10
  • bioRxiv 10
  • Nature 8

137 journals in all.

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  1. Concomitant astroglial atrophy and astrogliosis in a triple transgenic animal model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Glia 2010-05-01 Biomarkers

    Astrocytes are fundamental for brain homeostasis and are at the fulcrum of neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  2. Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Human molecular genetics 2010-04-22 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by cognitive impairment, progressive neurodegeneration and formation of amyloid-beta (Abeta)-containing plaques and neurofibrillary tangles composed of hyperphosphorylated tau.

  3. Estrogen actions in the brain and the basis for differential action in men and women: a case for sex-specific medicines

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Pharmacological reviews 2010-04-14 Risk factors

    The classic view of estrogen actions in the brain was confined to regulation of ovulation and reproductive behavior in the female of all mammalian species studied, including humans.

  4. Inhibition of mTOR by rapamycin abolishes cognitive deficits and reduces amyloid-beta levels in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. PloS one 2010-04-01 Disease mechanisms

    Our data suggest that inhibition of mTOR by rapamycin, an intervention that extends lifespan in mice, can slow or block AD progression in a transgenic mouse model of the disease.

  5. Allopregnanolone reverses neurogenic and cognitive deficits in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010-03-15 Brain scans and imaging

    Our previous analyses showed that allopregnanolone (APalpha) significantly increased proliferation of rodent and human neural progenitor cells in vitro.

  6. Neural mechanisms of ageing and cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Nature 2010-03-01 How common it is

    During the past century, treatments for the diseases of youth and middle age have helped raise life expectancy significantly.

  7. Molecular interplay between mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), amyloid-beta, and Tau: effects on cognitive impairments

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2010-02-23 Disease mechanisms

    Accumulation of amyloid-beta (Abeta) and Tau is an invariant feature of Alzheimer disease (AD).

  8. Group 1 mGluR-dependent synaptic long-term depression: mechanisms and implications for circuitry and disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuron 2010-02-01 Risk factors

    Many excitatory synapses express Group 1, or Gq coupled, metabotropic glutamate receptors (Gp1 mGluRs) at the periphery of their postsynaptic density.

  9. Metabotropic glutamate receptors: physiology, pharmacology, and disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology 2010-01-01 Risk factors

    The metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are family C G-protein-coupled receptors that participate in the modulation of synaptic transmission and neuronal excitability throughout the central nervous system.

  10. Amyloid-beta as a positive endogenous regulator of release probability at hippocampal synapses

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2009-12-01 Disease mechanisms

    Accumulation of cerebral amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) is essential for developing synaptic and cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease.

  11. Adenosine A2AReceptor Blockade Prevents Synaptotoxicity and Memory Dysfunction Caused by β-Amyloid Peptides via p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Neuroscience 2009-11-25 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by memory impairment, neurochemically by accumulation of beta-amyloid peptide (namely Abeta(1-42)) and morphologically by an initial loss of nerve terminals.

  12. Synaptic depression and aberrant excitatory network activity in Alzheimer's disease: two faces of the same coin?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuromolecular medicine 2009-10-17 Digital health tools

    Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), target specific and functionally connected neuronal networks, raising the possibility that neurodegeneration may spread through abnormal patterns of neural network activity.

  13. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a progressive deterioration of cognitive abilities, accumulation of the amyloid-beta-peptide (Abeta) and synaptic alterations.

  14. Decreased brain-derived neurotrophic factor depends on amyloid aggregation state in transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2009-07-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Downregulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the cortex occurs early in the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  15. Soluble oligomers of amyloid Beta protein facilitate hippocampal long-term depression by disrupting neuronal glutamate uptake

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuron 2009-06-01 Risk factors

    In Alzheimer's disease (AD), the impairment of declarative memory coincides with the accumulation of extracellular amyloid-beta protein (Abeta) and intraneuronal tau aggregates.

  16. Neuroprotective effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rodent and primate models of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Nature medicine 2009-02-08 Disease mechanisms

    Profound neuronal dysfunction in the entorhinal cortex contributes to early loss of short-term memory in Alzheimer's disease.

  17. Picomolar amyloid-beta positively modulates synaptic plasticity and memory in hippocampus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2008-12-01 Disease mechanisms

    Amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptides are produced in high amounts during Alzheimer's disease, causing synaptic and memory dysfunction.

  18. 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.

  19. Glutamate and neurotrophic factors in neuronal plasticity and disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2008-11-01 Disease mechanisms

    Glutamate's role as a neurotransmitter at synapses has been known for 40 years, but glutamate has since been shown to regulate neurogenesis, neurite outgrowth, synaptogenesis, and neuron survival in the developing and adult mammalian nervous system.

  20. Wnt signaling in neuroprotection and stem cell differentiation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Progress in neurobiology 2008-08-19 Drug development

    In the past several years, we postulated that the loss of Wnt signaling was implicated in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  21. Impaired adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of a triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. PloS one 2008-08-13 Biomarkers

    However, male 3xTg-AD mice demonstrated a further reduction in the production of new neurones from 9 months of age (73% decrease) and a complete depletion at 12 months, when compared to controls.

  22. New insights into brain BDNF function in normal aging and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Brain research reviews 2008-08-03 Disease mechanisms

    The decline observed during aging involves multiple factors that influence several systems.

  23. Mechanisms and functional implications of adult neurogenesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Cell 2008-02-01 Risk factors

    The generation of new neurons is sustained throughout adulthood in the mammalian brain due to the proliferation and differentiation of adult neural stem cells.

  24. The GSK3 hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2007-12-18 Inflammation and the immune system

    Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) is a constitutively active, proline-directed serine/threonine kinase that plays a part in a number of physiological processes ranging from glycogen metabolism to gene transcription.

  25. Activation of glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibits long-term potentiation with synapse-associated impairments

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2007-11-01 Drug development

    Activation of glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) can cause memory deficits as seen in Alzheimer's disease, the most common age-associated dementia, but the mechanism is not understood.

  26. Aberrant excitatory neuronal activity and compensatory remodeling of inhibitory hippocampal circuits in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuron 2007-09-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Neural network dysfunction may play an important role in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  27. New and evolving concepts in the neurotoxicology of lead

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Toxicology and applied pharmacology 2007-08-16 Disparities

    Experimental studies have shown that stress can significantly alter the effects of Pb, effects that could potentially be mediated through alterations in the interactions of glucocorticoids with the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system of the brain.

  28. NMDA receptor trafficking in synaptic plasticity and neuropsychiatric disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2007-06-01 Disease mechanisms

    The number and subunit composition of synaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are not static, but change in a cell- and synapse-specific manner during development and in response to neuronal activity and sensory experience.

  29. Recovery of learning and memory is associated with chromatin remodelling

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Nature 2007-04-29 Brain scans and imaging

    Neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system are often associated with impaired learning and memory, eventually leading to dementia.

  30. Natural oligomers of the Alzheimer amyloid-beta protein induce reversible synapse loss by modulating an NMDA-type glutamate receptor-dependent signaling pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2007-03-01 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by decreased synapse density in hippocampus and neocortex, and synapse loss is the strongest anatomical correlate of the degree of clinical impairment.

  31. Neurotrophic and neuroprotective actions of estrogen: basic mechanisms and clinical implications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Steroids 2007-02-21 Disease mechanisms

    Estrogen is an important hormone signal that regulates multiple tissues and functions in the body.

  32. Role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in Huntington's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Progress in neurobiology 2007-02-09 Disease mechanisms

    Neurotrophic factors are essential contributors to the survival of peripheral and central nervous system (CNS) neurons, and demonstration of their reduced availability in diseased brains indicates that they play a role in various neurological disorders.

  33. Neuroprotective effects of regulators of the glycogen synthase kinase-3beta signaling pathway in a transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease are associated with reduced amyloid precursor protein phosphorylation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2007-02-01 Drug development

    The glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK3beta) pathway plays an important role in mediating neuronal fate and synaptic plasticity.

  34. Abeta oligomer-induced aberrations in synapse composition, shape, and density provide a molecular basis for loss of connectivity in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2007-01-01 Disease mechanisms

    The basis for memory loss in early Alzheimer's disease (AD) seems likely to involve synaptic damage caused by soluble Abeta-derived oligomers (ADDLs).

  35. Glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibition is integral to long-term potentiation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The European journal of neuroscience 2007-01-01 Drug development

    Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is a serine/threonine kinase regulating diverse cellular functions including metabolism, transcription and cell survival.

  36. AMPAR removal underlies Abeta-induced synaptic depression and dendritic spine loss

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuron 2006-12-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Beta amyloid (Abeta), a peptide generated from the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by neurons, is widely believed to underlie the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease.

  37. Mechanisms of Disease: astrocytes in neurodegenerative disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature clinical practice. Neurology 2006-12-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    The term neurodegenerative disease refers to the principal pathology associated with disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease, and it is presumed that neurodegeneration results in the clinical findings seen in patients with these diseases.

  38. Enriched environments, experience-dependent plasticity and disorders of the nervous system

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2006-09-01 Disease mechanisms

    Behavioural, cellular and molecular studies have revealed significant effects of enriched environments on rodents and other species, and provided new insights into mechanisms of experience-dependent plasticity, including adult neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity.

  39. Synapse Formation and Function Is Modulated by the Amyloid Precursor Protein

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Neuroscience 2006-07-05 Disease mechanisms

    The amyloid precursor protein (APP) is critical in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.

  40. Cognitive and physical activity differently modulate disease progression in the amyloid precursor protein (APP)-23 model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Biological psychiatry 2006-06-27 Prevention trials

    We conclude that structural and molecular prerequisites for activity-dependent plasticity are preserved in mutant mice with an AD-like pathology.

  41. Roles for NF-kappaB in nerve cell survival, plasticity, and disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Cell death and differentiation 2006-05-01 Disease mechanisms

    Here we review evidence of roles for NF-kappaB in the regulation of developmental and synaptic plasticity, and cell survival in physiological and pathological settings.

  42. Early-onset behavioral and synaptic deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2006-03-20 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder for which numerous mouse models have been generated.

  43. Effects of secreted oligomers of amyloid beta-protein on hippocampal synaptic plasticity: a potent role for trimers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of physiology 2006-02-09 Disease mechanisms

    The accumulation of amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) in brain regions serving memory and cognition is a central pathogenic feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  44. Neurotrophin signalling in health and disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Clinical science (London, England : 1979) 2006-02-01 Risk factors

    Neurotrophins are a unique family of polypeptide growth factors that influence the proliferation, differentiation, survival and death of neuronal and non-neuronal cells.

  45. Hippocampal synaptic loss in early Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2005-11-09 Genetics

    One of the major neuropathological findings in the brains of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a loss of synaptic contacts in both the neocortex and hippocampus.

  46. Involvement of P2 receptors in the growth and survival of neurons in the CNS

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Pharmacology & therapeutics 2005-08-15 Brain scans and imaging

    Extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) has been recognized as a ubiquitous, unstable signalling molecule, acting as a fast neurotransmitter and modulator of transmitter release and neuronal excitability.

  47. Dendritic spine abnormalities in amyloid precursor protein transgenic mice demonstrated by gene transfer and intravital multiphoton microscopy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2005-08-01 Disease mechanisms

    Accumulation of amyloid-beta (Abeta) into senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a hallmark neuropathological feature of the disorder, which likely contributes to alterations in neuronal structure and function.

  48. The senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM) is an accelerated aging model that was established through phenotypic selection from a common genetic pool of AKR/J strain of mice.

  49. A phase 1 clinical trial of nerve growth factor gene therapy for Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Nature medicine 2005-04-24 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Cholinergic neuron loss is a cardinal feature of Alzheimer disease.

  50. Role of retinoid signalling in the adult brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Progress in neurobiology 2005-03-01 Prevention and risk

    Vitamin A (all-trans-retinol) is the parent compound of a family of natural and synthetic compounds, the retinoids.

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