Synaptic degeneration in Alzheimer disease

M Tzioras, RI McGeachan, CS Durrant… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by progressive cognitive decline in older
individuals accompanied by the presence of two pathological protein aggregates—amyloid …

Cellular and pathological functions of tau

C Parra Bravo, SA Naguib, L Gan - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Tau protein is involved in various cellular processes, including having a canonical role in
binding and stabilization of microtubules in neurons. Tauopathies are neurodegenerative …

Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight

JW Vogel, N Corriveau-Lecavalier… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are the most common cause of dementia. Although their
underlying molecular pathologies have been identified, there is substantial heterogeneity in …

Interaction between Aβ and tau in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

H Zhang, W Wei, M Zhao, L Ma, X Jiang… - … journal of biological …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Extracellular neuritic plaques composed of amyloid‑β (Aβ) protein and intracellular
neurofibrillary tangles containing phosphorylated tau protein are the two hallmark proteins of …

Synergy between amyloid-β and tau in Alzheimer's disease

MA Busche, BT Hyman - Nature neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) present with both extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ)
plaques and intracellular tau-containing neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. For many years …

Neuronal hyperexcitability in Alzheimer's disease: what are the drivers behind this aberrant phenotype?

H Targa Dias Anastacio, N Matosin, L Ooi - Translational psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder leading to loss of
cognitive abilities and ultimately, death. With no cure available, limited treatments mostly …

Tau: Enabler of diverse brain disorders and target of rapidly evolving therapeutic strategies

CW Chang, E Shao, L Mucke - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND The microtubule-associated protein tau has been implicated in the
pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and a range of other neurodegenerative disorders …

The synapse as a treatment avenue for Alzheimer's Disease

L Peng, I Bestard-Lorigados, W Song - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with devastating symptoms,
including memory impairments and cognitive deficits. Hallmarks of AD pathology are …

The clinical promise of biomarkers of synapse damage or loss in Alzheimer's disease

M Colom-Cadena, T Spires-Jones, H Zetterberg… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Synapse damage and loss are fundamental to the pathophysiology of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and lead to reduced cognitive function. The goal of this review is to …

Roles of tau protein in health and disease

T Guo, W Noble, DP Hanger - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
Tau is well established as a microtubule-associated protein in neurons. However, under
pathological conditions, aberrant assembly of tau into insoluble aggregates is accompanied …