Synaptic degeneration in Alzheimer disease

M Tzioras, RI McGeachan, CS Durrant… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by progressive cognitive decline in older
individuals accompanied by the presence of two pathological protein aggregates—amyloid …

Tau and neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease: Interplay mechanisms and clinical translation

Y Chen, Y Yu - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2023 - Springer
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) contributes to most cases of dementia. Its prominent
neuropathological features are the extracellular neuritic plaques and intercellular …

Astrocytic phagocytosis contributes to demyelination after focal cortical ischemia in mice

T Wan, W Zhu, Y Zhao, X Zhang, R Ye, M Zuo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ischemic stroke can cause secondary myelin damage in the white matter distal to the
primary injury site. The contribution of astrocytes during secondary demyelination and the …

Transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease: An integrative analysis

R Sanchez-Varo, M Mejias-Ortega… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) constitutes the most prominent form of dementia among elderly
individuals worldwide. Disease modeling using murine transgenic mice was first initiated …

Neuron-astrocyte omnidirectional signaling in neurological health and disease

D Pathak, K Sriram - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes are an abundantly distributed population of glial cells in the central nervous
system (CNS) that perform myriad functions in the normal and injured/diseased brain …

Microglia and astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease: significance and summary of recent advances

Q Deng, C Wu, E Parker, TCY Liu, R Duan… - Aging and …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alzheimer's disease, one of the most common forms of dementia, is characterized by a slow
progression of cognitive impairment and neuronal loss. Currently, approved treatments for …

Role of calcium modulation in the pathophysiology and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

D Baracaldo-Santamaría, SS Avendaño-Lopez… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease and the most frequent
cause of progressive dementia in senior adults. It is characterized by memory loss and …

Astrocytes in selective vulnerability to neurodegenerative disease

TS Zimmer, AL Orr, AG Orr - Trends in neurosciences, 2024 - cell.com
Selective vulnerability of specific brain regions and cell populations is a hallmark of
neurodegenerative disorders. Mechanisms of selective vulnerability involve neuronal …

The role of astrocytes in synapse loss in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review

LA Hulshof, D van Nuijs, EM Hol… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, affecting 35 million people
worldwide. One pathological feature of progressing AD is the loss of synapses. This is the …

Astrocyte Regulation of Synapse Formation, Maturation, and Elimination

WS Chung, KT Baldwin… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2024 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Astrocytes play an integral role in the development, maturation, and refinement of neuronal
circuits. Astrocytes secrete proteins and lipids that instruct the formation of new synapses …