LW-AFC, a new formula derived from Liuwei Dihuang decoction, ameliorates behavioral and pathological deterioration via modulating the neuroendocrine-immune system in PrP-hAβPPswe/PS1ΔE9 transgenic mice.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Down syndrome (DS), caused by chromosome 21 trisomy, is associated with an ultra-high risk of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (AD), driven by amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene triplication. Understanding relevant molecular differences between those with DS, those with sporadic AD (sAD) without DS, and...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Startin CM,Ashton NJ,Hamburg S,Hithersay R,Wiseman FK,Mok KY,Hardy J,Lleó A,Lovestone S,Parnetti L,Zetterberg H,Hye A,LonDownS Consortium.,Strydom A

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is a great need for quick tests that identify treatment response in Alzheimer's disease (AD) to determine who benefits from the treatment. In this study, A Quick Test of cognitive speed (AQT) was compared with the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) in the evaluation of treatment outcome in AD. MET...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Palmqvist S,Minthon L,Wattmo C,Londos E,Hansson O

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the retina is a fast and easily accessible tool for the quantification of retinal structural measurements. Multiple studies show that patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) exhibit thinning in several retinal layers compared to age-matched controls. Subjective cognitive ...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Marquié M,Valero S,Castilla-Marti M,Martínez J,Rodríguez-Gómez O,Sanabria Á,Tartari JP,Monté-Rubio GC,Sotolongo-Grau O,Alegret M,Pérez-Cordón A,Roberto N,de Rojas I,Moreno-Grau S,Montrreal L,Hernández I,Rosende-Roca M,M

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuroinflammation has gained increasing attention as a potential contributing factor in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. A clinical cerebrospinal fluid biomarker capable of monitoring this process during the course of the disease has yet to emerge, chiefly owing to contradictory research findings. In this...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Brosseron F,Traschütz A,Widmann CN,Kummer MP,Tacik P,Santarelli F,Jessen F,Heneka MT

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder characterized by neuropathologic changes involving beta-amyloid (Aβ), tau, neuronal loss, and other associated biological events. While levels of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Aβ and tau peptides have enhanced the antemortem detection of AD-specifi...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Gangishetti U,Christina Howell J,Perrin RJ,Louneva N,Watts KD,Kollhoff A,Grossman M,Wolk DA,Shaw LM,Morris JC,Trojanowski JQ,Fagan AM,Arnold SE,Hu WT

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:[18F]FDG-PET hypometabolism patterns are indicative of different neurodegenerative conditions, even from the earliest disease phase. This makes [18F]FDG-PET a valuable tool in the diagnostic workup of neurodegenerative diseases. The utility of [18F]FDG-PET in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) needs further val...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Caminiti SP,Sala A,Iaccarino L,Beretta L,Pilotto A,Gianolli L,Iannaccone S,Magnani G,Padovani A,Ferini-Strambi L,Perani D

更新日期：2019-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Widespread implementation of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in routine clinical practice requires the establishment of standard operating procedures for pre-analytical handling of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). METHODS:Here, CSF collection and storage protocols were optimized for measurements of β-amyloid (Aβ)....

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Janelidze S,Stomrud E,Brix B,Hansson O

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Global leaders have set an ambitious goal of developing interventions to effectively treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease by 2025. CASE PRESENTATION:Achieving this goal will require clinical trials to test promising interventions, yet Alzheimer's researchers are confronting a clinical trial recruitment cris...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Largent EA,Karlawish J,Grill JD

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptomatic treatments for Alzheimer's disease should retain a place in the advanced stages of disease since their actions on these symptoms, even if not modifying the course of disease, are critical for improving patients' comfort and reducing the burden felt by caregivers, especially those facing behavioral disorder...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Ousset PJ,Delrieu J,Vellas B

更新日期：2013-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：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 address the challenges of forging new clinical development approaches for AD therapeutics that can demonstrate reduction of synapse damage or loss. ...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Colom-Cadena M,Spires-Jones T,Zetterberg H,Blennow K,Caggiano A,DeKosky ST,Fillit H,Harrison JE,Schneider LS,Scheltens P,de Haan W,Grundman M,van Dyck CH,Izzo NJ,Catalano SM,Synaptic Health Endpoints Working Group.

更新日期：2020-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Peripheral biomarkers to diagnose Alzheimer's disease (AD) have not been established. Given parallels between neuron and platelet biology, we hypothesized platelet membrane-associated protein changes may differentiate patients clinically defined with probable AD from noncognitive impaired controls. METHOD...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Donovan LE,Dammer EB,Duong DM,Hanfelt JJ,Levey AI,Seyfried NT,Lah JJ

更新日期：2013-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) refers to cognitive impairment not meeting dementia criteria. A survey among members of the American Association of Neurology (AAN) showed that MCI was considered a useful diagnosis. Recently, research criteria have been proposed for the diagnosis of Alzheim...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Bertens D,Vos S,Kehoe P,Wolf H,Nobili F,Mendonça A,van Rossum I,Hort J,Molinuevo JL,Heneka M,Petersen R,Scheltens P,Visser PJ

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) has become the second most common neurodegenerative dementia due to demographic ageing. Differential diagnosis is still troublesome especially in early stages of the disease, since there is a great clinical and neuropathological overlap primarily with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Schade S,Mollenhauer B

更新日期：2014-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The application of advanced sequencing technologies and improved mass-spectrometry platforms revealed significant changes in gene expression and lipids in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain. The results so far have prompted further research using "multi-omics" approaches. These approaches become particularly rel...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Lefterov I,Wolfe CM,Fitz NF,Nam KN,Letronne F,Biedrzycki RJ,Kofler J,Han X,Wang J,Schug J,Koldamova R

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amyloid-β (Aβ) immunotherapy is one of the most promising disease-modifying strategies for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Despite recent progress targeting aggregated forms of Aβ, low antibody brain penetrance remains a challenge. In the present study, we used transferrin receptor (TfR)-mediated transcytosis to f...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Syvänen S,Hultqvist G,Gustavsson T,Gumucio A,Laudon H,Söderberg L,Ingelsson M,Lannfelt L,Sehlin D

更新日期：2018-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biochemical markers (biomarkers) Amyloidβ 42 (Aβ42), total Tau (T-tau) and Tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 (P-tau181) have proven diagnostic accuracy for mild cognitive impairment and dementia due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD). In an effort to improve the accuracy of an AD diagnosis, it...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Hansson O,Lehmann S,Otto M,Zetterberg H,Lewczuk P

更新日期：2019-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Alzheimer's disease, beta-amyloid peptides in the brain aggregate into toxic oligomers and plaques, a process which is associated with neuronal degeneration, memory loss, and cognitive decline. One therapeutic strategy is to decrease the production of potentially toxic beta-amyloid species by the use of i...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Hölttä M,Dean RA,Siemers E,Mawuenyega KG,Sigurdson W,May PC,Holtzman DM,Portelius E,Zetterberg H,Bateman RJ,Blennow K,Gobom J

更新日期：2016-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying and understanding the functional role of genetic risk factors for Alzheimer disease (AD) has been complicated by the variability of genetic influences across brain regions and confounding with age-related neurodegeneration. METHODS:A gene co-expression network was constructed using data obtained...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Lancour D,Dupuis J,Mayeux R,Haines JL,Pericak-Vance MA,Schellenberg GC,Crovella M,Farrer LA,Kasif S

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Sports-related concussions are one of the major causes of mild traumatic brain injury. Although most patients recover completely within days to weeks, those who experience repetitive brain trauma (RBT) may be at risk for developing a condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). While this condition is mo...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Ng TS,Lin AP,Koerte IK,Pasternak O,Liao H,Merugumala S,Bouix S,Shenton ME

更新日期：2014-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The control of viral infections in the brain involves the activation of microglial cells, the macrophages of the brain that are constantly surveying the central nervous system, and the production of amyloid-beta (Aβ) as an anti-microbial molecule. Recent findings suggest a possible implication of HHV-6A in A...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Bortolotti D,Gentili V,Rotola A,Caselli E,Rizzo R

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Theory of mind (ToM) refers to the ability to attribute mental states, thoughts (cognitive component) or feelings (affective component) to others. This function has been studied in many neurodegenerative diseases; however, to our knowledge, no studies investigating ToM in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Heitz C,Noblet V,Phillipps C,Cretin B,Vogt N,Philippi N,Kemp J,de Petigny X,Bilger M,Demuynck C,Martin-Hunyadi C,Armspach JP,Blanc F

更新日期：2016-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebrovascular pathology, quantified by white matter lesions (WML), is known to affect cognition in aging, and is associated with an increased risk of dementia. The present study aimed to investigate whether higher functional connectivity in cognitive control networks mitigates the detrimental effect of WML...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Benson G,Hildebrandt A,Lange C,Schwarz C,Köbe T,Sommer W,Flöel A,Wirth M

更新日期：2018-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Amyloid-β (Aβ) has been investigated as a diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic drug target. Recent studies found that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Aβ fluctuates over time, including as a diurnal pattern, and increases in absolute concentration with serial collection. It is currently unknown what effect differ...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Lucey BP,Gonzales C,Das U,Li J,Siemers ER,Slemmon JR,Bateman RJ,Huang Y,Fox GB,Claassen JA,Slats D,Verbeek MM,Tong G,Soares H,Savage MJ,Kennedy M,Forman M,Sjögren M,Margolin R,Chen X,Farlow MR,Dean RA,Waring J

更新日期：2015-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There have been recent reports about a decline in dementia incidence, but only little is known about trends in the mortality of patients with dementia. Only the simultaneous analysis of both trends can inform whether the reported decline in dementia has led to a compression of dementia into higher ages. M...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Doblhammer G,Fink A,Zylla S,Willekens F

更新日期：2015-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is increasing in frequency as the global population ages. Five drugs are approved for treatment of AD, including four cholinesterase inhibitors and an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-receptor antagonist. We have an urgent need to find new therapies for AD. METHODS:We examined Clinical...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Cummings JL,Morstorf T,Zhong K

更新日期：2014-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has an uncertain etiology and prognosis and may be challenging for clinicians to discuss with patients and families. Amyloid imaging may aid specialists in determining MCI etiology and prognosis, but creates novel challenges related to disease labeling. METHODS:We convened a ...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Grill JD,Apostolova LG,Bullain S,Burns JM,Cox CG,Dick M,Hartley D,Kawas C,Kremen S,Lingler J,Lopez OL,Mapstone M,Pierce A,Rabinovici G,Roberts JS,Sajjadi SA,Teng E,Karlawish J

更新日期：2017-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term consequences of repetitive head impacts have been described since the early 20th century. Terms such as punch drunk and dementia pugilistica were first used to describe the clinical syndromes experienced by boxers. A more generic designation, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), has been employed sinc...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Montenigro PH,Baugh CM,Daneshvar DH,Mez J,Budson AE,Au R,Katz DI,Cantu RC,Stern RA

更新日期：2014-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathophysiology of neurodegeneration is complex. Its diagnosis requires an early identification of sequential changes in several hallmarks in the brains of affected subjects. The presence of brain pathology can be visualized in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by protein profiling. It is clear that the fiel...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Vanderstichele H,Demeyer L,Janelidze S,Coart E,Stoops E,Mauroo K,Herbst V,François C,Hansson O

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9orf72) is an evolutionarily conserved protein with unknown function, expressed at high levels in the brain. An expanded hexanucleotide GGGGCC repeat located in the first intron of the C9orf72 gene represents the most common genetic cause of familial frontotemporal deme...

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Satoh J,Tabunoki H,Ishida T,Saito Y,Arima K

更新日期：2012-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Errorless learning (EL) is a method for optimizing learning, which uses feed-forward instructions in order to prevent people from making mistakes during the learning process. The majority of previous studies on EL taught patients with dementia artificial tasks of little or no relevance for their daily lives....

journal_title：Alzheimer's research & therapy

authors： Voigt-Radloff S,de Werd MM,Leonhart R,Boelen DH,Olde Rikkert MG,Fliessbach K,Klöppel S,Heimbach B,Fellgiebel A,Dodel R,Eschweiler GW,Hausner L,Kessels RP,Hüll M

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00