New perspectives on the role of melatonin in human sleep, circadian rhythms and their regulation

N Zisapel - British journal of pharmacology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In mammals, a central circadian clock, located in the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of the
hypothalamus, tunes the innate circadian physiological rhythms to the ambient 24 h light …

Amyloid beta in aging and Alzheimer's disease

U Sehar, P Rawat, AP Reddy, J Kopel… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD), is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects behavior,
thinking, learning, and memory in elderly individuals. AD occurs in two forms, early onset …

The inositol trisphosphate/calcium signaling pathway in health and disease

MJ Berridge - Physiological reviews, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Many cellular functions are regulated by calcium (Ca2+) signals that are generated by
different signaling pathways. One of these is the inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate/calcium …

Reduced non–rapid eye movement sleep is associated with tau pathology in early Alzheimer's disease

BP Lucey, A McCullough, EC Landsness… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), deposition of insoluble amyloid-β (Aβ) is followed by
intracellular aggregation of tau in the neocortex and subsequent neuronal cell loss, synaptic …

Astrogliosis: an integral player in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

LM Osborn, W Kamphuis, WJ Wadman, EM Hol - Progress in neurobiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease is the main cause of dementia in the elderly and begins with a subtle
decline in episodic memory followed by a more general decline in overall cognitive abilities …

Perivascular spaces and brain waste clearance systems: relevance for neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular pathology

K Gouveia-Freitas, AJ Bastos-Leite - Neuroradiology, 2021 - Springer
Perivascular spaces (PVS) of the brain, often called Virchow-Robin spaces, comprise fluid,
cells and connective tissue, and are externally limited by astrocytic endfeet. PVS are …

[HTML][HTML] It's complicated: The relationship between sleep and Alzheimer's disease in humans

BP Lucey - Neurobiology of disease, 2020 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by an
asymptomatic period of amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition as insoluble extracellular plaque …

Toward noninvasive brain stimulation 2.0 in Alzheimer's disease

A Menardi, S Rossi, G Koch, H Hampel… - Ageing research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Noninvasive brain stimulation techniques (NiBS) have gathered substantial interest in the
study of dementia, considered their possible role in help defining diagnostic biomarkers of …

[HTML][HTML] Candidate mechanisms underlying the association between sleep-wake disruptions and Alzheimer's disease

J Cedernaes, RS Osorio, AW Varga, K Kam… - Sleep medicine …, 2017 - Elsevier
During wakefulness, extracellular levels of metabolites in the brain increase. These include
amyloid beta (Aβ), which contributes to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Reduced slow-wave sleep is associated with high cerebrospinal fluid Aβ42 levels in cognitively normal elderly

AW Varga, ME Wohlleber, S Giménez, S Romero… - Sleep, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Emerging evidence suggests a role for sleep in contributing to the
progression of Alzheimer disease (AD). Slow wave sleep (SWS) is the stage during which …