Circadian and sleep dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

MS Uddin, D Tewari, A Al Mamun, MT Kabir… - Ageing research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating and irreversible cognitive impairment and the
most common type of dementia. Along with progressive cognitive impairment, dysfunction of …

Circadian rhythm phase shifts caused by timed exercise vary with chronotype

JM Thomas, PA Kern, HM Bush, KJ McQuerry… - JCI …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND The circadian system entrains behavioral and physiological rhythms to
environmental cycles, and modern lifestyles disrupt this entrainment. We investigated a …

Inhibition of REV‐ERBs stimulates microglial amyloid‐beta clearance and reduces amyloid plaque deposition in the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

J Lee, DE Kim, P Griffin, PW Sheehan, DH Kim… - Aging cell, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A promising new therapeutic target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the
circadian system. Although patients with AD are known to have abnormal circadian rhythms …

Circadian rhythm and Alzheimer's disease

J Homolak, M Mudrovčić, B Vukić, K Toljan - Medical sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with a growing epidemiological
importance characterized by significant disease burden. Sleep-related pathological …

Environmental pollution and extreme weather conditions: insights into the effect on mental health

M Tota, J Karska, S Kowalski, N Piątek… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Environmental pollution exposures, including air, soil, water, light, and noise pollution, are
critical issues that may implicate adverse mental health outcomes. Extreme weather …

Effects of light treatment on sleep, cognition, mood, and behavior in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review

M Mitolo, C Tonon, C La Morgia, C Testa… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Bright light treatment is a therapeutic intervention mainly used to treat sleep
and circadian disturbances in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Recently, a handful of …

New insights into non-transcriptional regulation of mammalian core clock proteins

P Crosby, CL Partch - Journal of cell science, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Mammalian circadian rhythms drive∼ 24 h periodicity in a wide range of cellular processes,
temporally coordinating physiology and behaviour within an organism, and synchronising …

Non-invasive 40-Hz light flicker ameliorates Alzheimer's-associated rhythm disorder via regulating central circadian clock in mice

Y Yao, Y Ying, Q Deng, W Zhang, H Zhu, Z Lin… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients often exhibit perturbed circadian rhythm with fragmented
sleep before disease onset. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of a 40-Hz light …

Positive effect of timed blue-enriched white light on sleep and cognition in patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease

SJ Kim, SH Lee, IB Suh, JW Jang, JH Jhoo, JH Lee - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Conflicting results have been reported regarding the effectiveness of light treatment (LT) in
patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated the effectiveness of blue-enriched …