Amyloid β-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease: challenges, successes and future

Y Zhang, H Chen, R Li, K Sterling… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid β protein (Aβ) is the main component of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease
(AD), and its accumulation has been considered as the molecular driver of Alzheimer's …

The amyloid-β pathway in Alzheimer's disease

H Hampel, J Hardy, K Blennow, C Chen, G Perry… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Breakthroughs in molecular medicine have positioned the amyloid-β (Aβ) pathway at the
center of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology. While the detailed molecular …

Earliest accumulation of β-amyloid occurs within the default-mode network and concurrently affects brain connectivity

S Palmqvist, M Schöll, O Strandberg, N Mattsson… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
It is not known exactly where amyloid-β (Aβ) fibrils begin to accumulate in individuals with
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recently, we showed that abnormal levels of Aβ42 in …

The connectomics of brain disorders

A Fornito, A Zalesky, M Breakspear - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
Pathological perturbations of the brain are rarely confined to a single locus; instead, they
often spread via axonal pathways to influence other regions. Patterns of such disease …

[HTML][HTML] Resting-state network dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AP Badhwar, A Tam, C Dansereau, P Orban… - Alzheimer's & Dementia …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the Alzheimer's
disease (AD) literature to examine consistency of functional connectivity alterations in AD …

The evolution of preclinical Alzheimer's disease: implications for prevention trials

R Sperling, E Mormino, K Johnson - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
As the field begins to test the concept of a" preclinical" stage of neurodegenerative disease,
when the pathophysiological process has begun in the brain, but clinical symptoms are not …

Intracerebroventricular streptozotocin injections as a model of Alzheimer's disease: in search of a relevant mechanism

P Grieb - Molecular neurobiology, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Streptozotocin (STZ), a glucosamine-nitrosourea compound derived from soil
bacteria and originally developed as an anticancer agent, in 1963 has been found to induce …

Recent publications from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative: Reviewing progress toward improved AD clinical trials

MW Weiner, DP Veitch, PS Aisen, LA Beckett… - Alzheimer's & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) has continued
development and standardization of methodologies for biomarkers and has provided an …

Injured brains and adaptive networks: the benefits and costs of hyperconnectivity

FG Hillary, JH Grafman - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2017 - cell.com
A common finding in human functional brain-imaging studies is that damage to neural
systems paradoxically results in enhanced functional connectivity between network regions …

What happens with the circuit in Alzheimer's disease in mice and humans?

B Zott, MA Busche, RA Sperling… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
A major mystery of many types of neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as
Alzheimer's disease (AD), remains the underlying, disease-specific neuronal damage …