Pathways towards and away from Alzheimer's disease

MP Mattson - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Slowly but surely, Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients lose their memory and their cognitive
abilities, and even their personalities may change dramatically. These changes are due to …

Epidemiology of Alzheimer disease

R Mayeux, Y Stern - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The global prevalence of dementia has been estimated to be as high as 24 million, and is
predicted to double every 20 years until at least 2040. As the population worldwide …

Plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer's disease

S Seshadri, A Beiser, J Selhub… - New England journal …, 2002 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In cross-sectional studies, elevated plasma homocysteine levels have been
associated with poor cognition and dementia. Studies of newly diagnosed dementia are …

Mediterranean diet and risk for Alzheimer's disease

N Scarmeas, Y Stern, MX Tang… - Annals of Neurology …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective Previous research in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has focused on individual
dietary components. There is converging evidence that composite dietary patterns such as …

Facts and recommendations about total homocysteine determinations: an expert opinion

H Refsum, AD Smith, PM Ueland, E Nexo… - Clinical …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Background: Measurement of plasma total homocysteine has become common as new
methods have been introduced. A wide range of disorders are associated with increased …

Vitamin B12, folic acid, and the nervous system

E Reynolds - The lancet neurology, 2006 - thelancet.com
There are many reasons for reviewing the neurology of vitamin-B12 and folic-acid
deficiencies together, including the intimate relation between the metabolism of the two …

The controversial role of homocysteine in neurology: from labs to clinical practice

R Moretti, P Caruso - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Homocysteine (Hcy) is a sulfur-containing amino acid that is generated during methionine
metabolism. Physiologic Hcy levels are determined primarily by dietary intake and vitamin …

Nutrients and bioactives in green leafy vegetables and cognitive decline: Prospective study

MC Morris, Y Wang, LL Barnes, DA Bennett… - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To increase understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying the
association, we investigated the individual relations to cognitive decline of the primary …

Targeting neuroinflammation to treat Alzheimer's disease

A Ardura-Fabregat, E Boddeke, A Boza-Serrano… - CNS drugs, 2017 - Springer
Over the past few decades, research on Alzheimer's disease (AD) has focused on
pathomechanisms linked to two of the major pathological hallmarks of extracellular …

Fruit and vegetable juices and Alzheimer's disease: the Kame Project

Q Dai, AR Borenstein, Y Wu, JC Jackson… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Growing evidence suggests that oxidative damage caused by the β-
amyloid peptide in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease may be hydrogen peroxide …