Astrocyte energy and neurotransmitter metabolism in Alzheimer's disease: integration of the glutamate/GABA-glutamine cycle

JV Andersen, A Schousboe, A Verkhratsky - Progress in neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Astrocytes contribute to the complex cellular pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Neurons and astrocytes function in close collaboration through neurotransmitter recycling …

[HTML][HTML] Past, present and future of therapeutic strategies against amyloid-β peptides in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review

D Jeremic, L Jiménez-Díaz, JD Navarro-López - Ageing research reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in ageing,
affecting around 46 million people worldwide but few treatments are currently available. The …

Lipid-accumulated reactive astrocytes promote disease progression in epilepsy

ZP Chen, S Wang, X Zhao, W Fang, Z Wang, H Ye… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Reactive astrocytes play an important role in neurological diseases, but their molecular and
functional phenotypes in epilepsy are unclear. Here, we show that in patients with temporal …

A vicious cycle of β amyloid–dependent neuronal hyperactivation

B Zott, MM Simon, W Hong, F Unger, HJ Chen-Engerer… - Science, 2019 - science.org
β-amyloid (Aβ)–dependent neuronal hyperactivity is believed to contribute to the circuit
dysfunction that characterizes the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although …

Effect of levetiracetam on cognition in patients with Alzheimer disease with and without epileptiform activity: a randomized clinical trial

K Vossel, KG Ranasinghe, AJ Beagle, A La… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Network hyperexcitability may contribute to cognitive dysfunction in patients with
Alzheimer disease (AD). Objective To determine the ability of the antiseizure drug …

Epilepsy in older people

A Sen, N Jette, M Husain, JW Sander - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Globally, as populations age there will be challenges and opportunities to deliver optimal
health care to senior citizens. Epilepsy, a condition characterised by spontaneous recurrent …

[HTML][HTML] Neuronal excitation/inhibition imbalance: core element of a translational perspective on Alzheimer pathophysiology

F Maestú, W de Haan, MA Busche, J DeFelipe - Ageing Research Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Our incomplete understanding of the link between Alzheimer's Disease pathology and
symptomatology is a crucial obstacle for therapeutic success. Recently, translational studies …

Milestone Review: Metabolic dynamics of glutamate and GABA mediated neurotransmission—The essential roles of astrocytes

JV Andersen, A Schousboe - Journal of Neurochemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since it was first generally accepted that the two amino acids glutamate and GABA act as
principal neurotransmitters, several landmark discoveries relating to this function have been …

Network abnormalities and interneuron dysfunction in Alzheimer disease

JJ Palop, L Mucke - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
The function of neural circuits and networks can be controlled, in part, by modulating the
synchrony of their components' activities. Network hypersynchrony and altered oscillatory …

Involvement of astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease from a neuroinflammatory and oxidative stress perspective

RE González-Reyes, MO Nava-Mesa… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a frequent and devastating neurodegenerative disease in
humans, but still no curative treatment has been developed. Although many explicative …