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  1. What Do Sugar, Gila Monsters, and the Therapeutic Dance Have in Common With GLP-1RA, Stroke, and Dementia? 2026-09-25
  2. Myo-inositol as a spectroscopic marker of neuroinflammation in frontotemporal lobar degeneration 2026-09-20
  3. Laromestrocel preserves brain volume and cognitive function in Alzheimers disease by inhibiting neuroinflammation 2026-09-17

Studies

1,157 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • The Journal of biological chemistry 109
  • The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 42
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 39
  • Neuron 28
  • Nature 23

363 journals in all.

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  1. (−)‐Epicatechin Rescues Memory Deficits by Activation of Autophagy in a Mouse Model of Tauopathies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. MedComm 2025-03-24 Disease mechanisms

    In tauopathies, defects in autophagy-lysosomal protein degradation are thought to contribute to the abnormal accumulation of aggregated tau.

  2. Loss of excitatory inputs and decreased tonic and evoked activity of locus coeruleus neurons in aged P301S mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neurobiology of Disease 2025-03-22 Disease mechanisms

    Tau pathology in the locus coeruleus (LC) is associated with several neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia.

  3. Isobavachalcone ameliorates Alzheimer disease pathology by autophagy-mediated clearance of amyloid beta and inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome in primary astrocytes and 5x-FAD mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. Frontiers in Pharmacology 2025-03-20 Inflammation and the immune system

    IBC effectively ameliorates AD pathology through autophagy-mediated clearance of Aβ and suppressing neuroinflammation in 5x-FAD mice.

  4. Neuroprotective effects of SGLT2 inhibitors empagliflozin and dapagliflozin on Aβ 1–42 -induced neurotoxicity and neuroinflammation in cellular models of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-03-20 Inflammation and the immune system

    SGLT2i empagliflozin and dapagliflozin exhibited neuroprotective actions against human Aβ 1–42 -induced neurotoxicity.

  5. TBG096 Ameliorates Memory Deficiency in AD Mouse Model via Promoting Neurogenesis and Regulation of Hsc70/HK2/PKM2/LAMP2A Signaling Pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2025-03-20 Risk genes beyond APOE

    In previous studies, we isolated a series of novel gentisides with nerve growth factor (NGF)-mimic activities from Gentiana rigescens Franch and conducted continuous structure–activity relationship (SAR) studies.

  6. The role of autophagy in the pathogenesis and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Autophagy Reports 2025-03-20 Lewy body dementia

    Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) represent two extremes of a neurodegenerative disease spectrum characterised by overlapping genetic, clinical, and neuropathological features.

  7. Kai-Xin-San ameliorates mild cognitive impairment in SAMP8 mice by inhibiting neuroinflammation and pyroptosis via NLRP3/Caspase-1 pathway modulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. Frontiers in Pharmacology 2025-03-13 Inflammation and the immune system

    Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) represents a critical stage between normal aging and dementia, with limited effective interventions currently available.

  8. Targeting CB2 receptor with a novel antagonist reverses cognitive decline, neurodegeneration and pyroptosis in a TAU-dependent frontotemporal dementia mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Brain Behavior and Immunity 2025-03-11 Lewy body dementia

    • The new CB 2 antagonist PGN36 is able to cross the Blood-Brain Barrier. • PGN36 treatment effectively alleviates TAU P301L -induced cognitive decline . • PGN36 is able to reduce TAU protein expression levels and restore synaptic plasticity. • PGN36 modulates TAU P301L -induced pyroptosis.

  9. Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have two types of abnormal protein buildups: amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, in addition to the early synaptic dysfunction associated with the enzymes acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE).

  10. Differential miRNA expression in neural-enriched extracellular vesicles as potential biomarker for frontotemporal dementia and bipolar disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Neurobiology of Disease 2025-03-08 Lewy body dementia

    Behavioral variant of Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD) and Bipolar Disorder (BD) share overlapping symptoms, complicating diagnosis.

  11. Endogenous TDP-43 mislocalization in a novel knock-in mouse model reveals DNA repair impairment, inflammation, and neuronal senescence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2025-03-08 Brain tissue and pathology

    TDP-43 mislocalization and aggregation are key pathological features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)- and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

  12. Elevated TDP-43 serum levels associated with postoperative delirium following major cardiac surgery

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health 2025-03-07 Brain tissue and pathology

    Total serum TDP-43 levels increased by 16.5% (95% CI: 5.9%-27.9%, p = 0.0021) on postoperative day one compared to baseline levels.

  13. Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging in Prevention of Colorectal Anastomotic Leakage

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. JAMA Surgery 2025-03-05 Prevention and risk

    Among 1136 patients in the intention-to-treat population, 526 (46.3%) were female and 610 (53.7%) male; they had a mean (SD) age of 70 (11) years, body mass index of 28 (5), and age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index of 5 (3).

  14. Sinomenine alleviates neuroinflammation in chronic cerebral hypoperfusion by promoting M2 microglial polarization and inhibiting neuronal pyroptosis via exosomal miRNA-223-3p

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2025-03-05 Inflammation and the immune system

    Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH) is a major contributor to vascular dementia, with neuroinflammation playing a central role in its pathogenesis.

  15. Astrocyte glypican 5 regulates synapse maturation and stabilization

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Cell Reports 2025-03-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    The maturation and stabilization of appropriate synaptic connections is a vital step in neural circuit development; however, the molecular signals underlying these processes are not fully understood.

  16. Neuroprotective role of Origanum majorana essential oil loaded in mixed surfactants based nano emulsion against lipopolysaccharide-induced Alzheimer in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation 2025-03-01 Biomarkers

    The current study provides opportunities for safer approaches that using compounds derived from plants and links it to nanotechnology, could be used in the pharmaceutical industry to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

  17. Myopathic aggregation-prone variants in the TDP-43 prion-like domain: genetics paving the way

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Brain 2025-02-26 Brain tissue and pathology

    While neuropathological and genetic studies have established the crucial involvement of TDP-43 proteinopathy in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and related neurodegenerative disorders, multiple studies have described the presence of TDP-43 inclusions in muscular disorders, including inclusion body myositis but also other related rimmed vacuole myopathies.

  18. Heat-shock chaperone HSPB1 mitigates poly-glycine-induced neurodegeneration via restoration of autophagic flux

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Autophagy 2025-02-25 Biomarkers

    The CGG repeat expansions in the 5'-UTR regions of certain genes have been implicated in various neurodegenerative and muscular disorders.

  19. HIV-1 gp120 Interactions with Nicotine Modulate Mitochondrial Network Properties and Amyloid Release in Microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neurochemical Research 2025-02-24 Inflammation and the immune system

    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections remain a significant public health burden globally with infected individuals at high risk for cognitive decline and memory loss even on combination antiretroviral therapy.

  20. SUMO2/3 conjugation of TDP-43 protects against aggregation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Science Advances 2025-02-21 Brain tissue and pathology

    Cytosolic aggregation of the RNA binding protein TDP-43 (transactive response DNA-binding protein 43) is a hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia.

  21. Transgenic iPSC Lines with Genetically Encoded MitoTimer to Study Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Dopaminergic Neurons with Tauopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Biomedicines 2025-02-21 Disease mechanisms

    Transgenic iPSC lines provide a unique tool to study the molecular and genetic mechanisms of FTDP-17 caused by the presence of the c.2013T > G (p.N279K) mutation, as well as to test potential drugs in vitro.

  22. Gas Chromatography‐Mass Spectrometry Profiling of Crateva magna Leaf Lipophilic Extract and Evaluation of Its Anti‐Alzheimer and Cytotoxic Properties

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Chemistry & Biodiversity 2025-02-18 Risk genes beyond APOE

    These findings indicate that CMHF may possess anti‐Alzheimer efficacy.

  23. They remain a significant focus of scientific and clinical interest due to their increasing medical and social importance.

  24. γ-Secretase modulation inhibits amyloid plaque formation and growth and stimulates plaque regression in amyloid precursor protein/presenilin-1 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 2025-02-12 Risk genes beyond APOE

    γ-Secretase modulators (GSMs) represent an emerging oral therapy for preventing and targeting Aβ-amyloidosis in Alzheimer disease.

  25. Reduction of Neuroinflammation as a Common Mechanism of Action of Anorexigenic and Orexigenic Peptide Analogues in the Triple Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer´s Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology 2025-02-11 Inflammation and the immune system

    It primarily affects cerebral regions responsible for cognition, memory, and language processing, significantly impeding the functional independence of patients.

  26. Muscone enhances synaptic function in vascular dementia through activating BDNF-TrkB-NP2 signaling pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. International Immunopharmacology 2025-02-08 Lewy body dementia

    • To clarify the key role of Muscone delayed the development of vascular dementia (VD). • To reveal synaptic function in VD associated with neuronal pentraxin receptor (NP2). • To reveal that Muscone alleviates VD through the BDNF-TrkB-NP2 signaling pathway initially.

  27. Longan Aril polysaccharides ameliorate cognitive impairment in AD mice via restoration of the immune phagocytosis of microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2025-02-07 Inflammation and the immune system

    LAPs contained five monosaccharides. LAPs improved cognitive function and increased the number of Nissl bodies, lactate secretion, the IL-10 content, the relative fluorescence intensity of the IBA1 and AXL proteins, and the protein expression levels of AXL, Mertk, Glut1, HK2, PI3K, p-Akt/Akt, p-mTOR/mTOR and HIF-1α of immune-tolerant AD mice.

  28. Rebalancing Immune Interactions within the Brain-Spleen Axis Mitigates Neuroinflammation in an Aging Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology 2025-02-07 Inflammation and the immune system

    The data suggest that TNFSF10 system-targeted treatment effectively restrain overshooting central and peripheral inflammation by rebalancing the overall immune response, mitigating the progression of AD pathology.

  29. Synaptosomal‐Associated Protein 25 kDA (SNAP‐25) Levels in Cerebrospinal Fluid: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Synapse 2025-02-06 Disease mechanisms

    Synaptic degeneration has been linked to cognitive decline.

  30. The Role of Gut Microbiota-Derived Trimethylamine N-Oxide in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2025-02-06 Mild cognitive impairment

    Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) represents a transitional stage between normal aging and dementia, often considered critical for dementia prevention.

  31. Identifying natural inhibitors against FUS protein in dementia through machine learning, molecular docking, and dynamics simulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics 2025-02-05 Digital health tools

    Dementia, a complex and debilitating spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases, presents a profound challenge in the quest for effective treatments.

  32. Posterior cingulate cortex microRNA dysregulation differentiates cognitive resilience, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-02-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    We identified specific miRNA groups, mRNA targets, and signaling pathways distinguishing AD, MCI, resilience, ante mortem neuropsychological test performance, post mortem neuropathological burden, and AD risk.

  33. Effect of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) on cognitive functioning and the expression of APP and BDNF in the hippocampus of rats with streptozotocin -induced Alzheimer-like disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 2025-01-31 Risk genes beyond APOE

    We aimed to investigate the potential therapeutic effects of the active substance of green tea, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), on behavioral phenotypes and markers of neurogenesis in an Alzheimer disease (AD) rat model.

  34. The possible therapeutic role of advanced glycation end-product inhibitors in ischemic stroke

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Brain Research Bulletin 2025-01-30 Disease mechanisms

    The advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are toxic molecules result from non-enzymatic interactions of sugar with lipids or proteins.

  35. Molecular Insights into α-Synuclein Fibrillation: A Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning Approach

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2025-01-28 Digital health tools

    High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide The aggregation of α-synuclein is crucial to the development of Lewy body diseases, including Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.

  36. Cytoplasmic expression of trans-active response DNA-binding protein-43 in aged mice display hippocampal sclerosis-like degeneration and neuronal loss with reduced lifespan

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology 2025-01-26 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Trans-active response DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43) is the major pathological protein in motor neuron disease and TDP-43 pathology has been described in the brains of up to 50% of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD).

  37. Light-chain split luciferase assay implicates pathological NOTCH3 thiol reactivity in inherited cerebral small vessel disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2025-01-24 Vascular contributions

    Stereotyped mutations in NOTCH3 drive CADASIL, the leading inherited cause of stroke and vascular dementia.

  38. Targeting natural antioxidant polyphenols to protect neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases: a comprehensive review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Frontiers in Pharmacology 2025-01-24 Inflammation and the immune system

    Polyphenols, naturally occurring phytonutrients found in plant-based foods, have attracted significant attention for their potential therapeutic effects in neurological diseases and neuroinflammation.

  39. Effects of Heparan Sulfate Trisaccharide Containing Oleanolic Acid in Attenuating Hyperphosphorylated Tau-Induced Cell Dysfunction Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2025-01-22 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, marked by progressive brain degeneration and cognitive decline.

  40. Knockdown of PDPN in astrocytes reduces hippocampal inflammation in T2DM mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Frontiers in Immunology 2025-01-22 Inflammation and the immune system

    This study demonstrates that Pdpn exerts a novel player in T2DM-induced neuroinflammation and cognitive decline.

  41. Chitinase-3-like-1: a multifaceted player in neuroinflammation and degenerative pathologies with therapeutic implications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Molecular Neurodegeneration 2025-01-18 Inflammation and the immune system

    Chitinase-3-like-1 (CHI3L1) is an evolutionarily conserved protein involved in key biological processes, including tissue remodeling, angiogenesis, and neuroinflammation.

  42. Multi‐Targeting Makrozyklische Peptide als Nanomolare Inhibitoren der Selbst‐ und Kreuznukleation der Amyloiden Selbstassemblierung von α‐Synuclein

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Angewandte Chemie 2025-01-17 Treatments

    Die amyloide Selbstassemblierung von α‐Synuclein (αSyn) wird mit der Pathogenese der Parkinson‐Krankheit (PD) in Verbindung gebracht.

  43. Inhaled xenon modulates microglia and ameliorates disease in mouse models of amyloidosis and tauopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Science Translational Medicine 2025-01-15 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder.

  44. Low-dose intranasal deferoxamine modulates memory, neuroinflammation, and the neuronal transcriptome in the streptozotocin rodent model of Alzheimer’s disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Frontiers in Neuroscience 2025-01-13 Inflammation and the immune system

    Five weeks of daily IN dosing of Long Evans rats with 15 μL of a 1% (0.3 mg), but not 0.1% (0.03 mg), solution of DFO rescued cognitive impairment caused by ICV STZ administration as assessed with the Morris Water Maze (MWM) test of spatial memory and learning.

  45. Mitochondria-derived vesicles: New players in the game of neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Neural Regeneration Research 2025-01-13 Risk genes beyond APOE

    MDVs are small vesicles that bud from mitochondria and play an important role in removing damaged mitochondrial components.

  46. Upregulated astrocyte HDAC7 induces Alzheimer-like tau pathologies via deacetylating transcription factor-EB and inhibiting lysosome biogenesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Molecular Neurodegeneration 2025-01-13 Inflammation and the immune system

    Here, we found that the level of histone deacetylase 7 (HDAC7) was remarkably increased in the astrocytes of AD patients and P301S tau transgenic (PS19) mice.

  47. SENP1 inhibits aerobic glycolysis in Aβ1-42-incubated astrocytes by promoting PUM2 deSUMOylation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Cell Biology and Toxicology 2025-01-10 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most prevalent form of dementia in the elderly, involves critical changes such as reduced aerobic glycolysis in astrocytes and increased neuronal apoptosis, both of which are significant in the disease’s pathology.

  48. SMOC2 promotes microglia activity and neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-01-10 Inflammation and the immune system

    Aβ treatment inhibited microglial activity and phagocytosis, but SMOC2 disruption enhanced these functions (p < 0.05).

  49. Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic clearance during sleep

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Cell 2025-01-08 Laboratory science

    As the brain transitions from wakefulness to sleep, processing of external information diminishes while restorative processes, such as glymphatic removal of waste products, are activated.

  50. Astrocytes phenomics as new druggable targets in healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 2025-01-06 Inflammation and the immune system

    For over a century after their discovery astrocytes were regarded merely as cells located among other brain cells to hold and give support to neurons.

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