Search Results - "King, Anna E"
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Excitotoxicity in ALS: Overstimulation, or overreaction?
Published in Experimental neurology (01-01-2016)“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an adult onset neurodegenerative disease that results in motor dysfunction and death, generally from respiratory…”
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C9ORF72, implicated in amytrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia, regulates endosomal trafficking
Published in Human molecular genetics (01-07-2014)“…Intronic expansion of a hexanucleotide GGGGCC repeat in the chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9ORF72) gene is the major cause of familial amyotrophic…”
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Seeing Neurodegeneration in a New Light Using Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensors and iPSCs
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (16-01-2023)“…Neurodegenerative diseases present a progressive loss of neuronal structure and function, leading to cell death and irrecoverable brain atrophy. Most have…”
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AAV-Mediated CRISPR/Cas Gene Editing of Retinal Cells In Vivo
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-06-2016)“…Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein (Cas) has recently been adapted to enable efficient editing of the…”
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Defining the earliest pathological changes of Alzheimer's disease
Published in Current Alzheimer research (01-03-2016)“…The prospects for effectively treating well-established dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), are slim, due to the destruction of key brain pathways that…”
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An online, public health framework supporting behaviour change to reduce dementia risk: interim results from the ISLAND study linking ageing and neurodegenerative disease
Published in BMC public health (29-09-2023)“…Abstract Background Unmanaged cardiometabolic health, low physical and cognitive activity, poor diet, obesity, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption are…”
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Sarm1 knockout modifies biomarkers of neurodegeneration and spinal cord circuitry but not disease progression in the mSOD1G93A mouse model of ALS
Published in Neurobiology of disease (01-10-2022)“…The mechanisms underlying the loss of motor neuron axon integrity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are unclear. SARM1 has been identified as a genetic…”
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Microglia directly associate with pericytes in the central nervous system
Published in Glia (01-08-2023)“…Cerebral blood flow (CBF) is important for the maintenance of brain function and its dysregulation has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Microglia…”
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The Influence of Genetic Factors and Cognitive Reserve on Structural and Functional Resting-State Brain Networks in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Published in Frontiers in aging neuroscience (06-03-2019)“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers significant insight into the complex organization of neural networks within the human brain. Using resting-state…”
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Mild and repetitive very mild axonal stretch injury triggers cystoskeletal mislocalization and growth cone collapse
Published in PloS one (04-05-2017)“…Diffuse axonal injury is a hallmark pathological consequence of non-penetrative traumatic brain injury (TBI) and yet the axonal responses to stretch injury are…”
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Does serum neurofilament light help predict accelerated cognitive ageing in unimpaired older adults?
Published in Frontiers in neuroscience (10-08-2023)“…Introduction Neurofilament light (NfL) is a blood biomarker of neurodegeneration. While serum NfL levels have been demonstrated to increase with normal ageing,…”
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The effect of focal brain injury on beta-amyloid plaque deposition, inflammation and synapses in the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
Published in Experimental neurology (01-05-2015)“…Traumatic brain injury is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), however the effect of such neural damage on the onset and progression of beta-amyloid…”
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The HDAC6 Inhibitor Trichostatin A Acetylates Microtubules and Protects Axons From Excitotoxin-Induced Degeneration in a Compartmented Culture Model
Published in Frontiers in neuroscience (29-11-2018)“…Axon degeneration has been implicated as a pathological process in several neurodegenerative diseases and acquired forms of neural injury. We have previously…”
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Development of a smartphone screening test for preclinical Alzheimer's disease and validation across the dementia continuum
Published in BMC neurology (16-04-2024)“…Dementia prevalence is predicted to triple to 152 million globally by 2050. Alzheimer's disease (AD) constitutes 70% of cases. There is an urgent need to…”
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Association Between Components of Cognitive Reserve and Serum BDNF in Healthy Older Adults
Published in Frontiers in aging neuroscience (02-08-2021)“…Background : The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) protein has been shown to have a prominent role in neuron survival, growth, and function in…”
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Iron is increased in the brains of ageing mice lacking the neurofilament light gene
Published in PloS one (23-10-2019)“…There has been strong interest in the role of metals in neurodegeneration, and how ageing may predispose the brain to related diseases such as Alzheimer's…”
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Environmental novelty exacerbates stress hormones and Aβ pathology in an Alzheimer’s model
Published in Scientific reports (05-06-2017)“…Cognitive stimulation has been proposed as a non-pharmacological intervention to be used in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention approaches for…”
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The TAS Test project: a prospective longitudinal validation of new online motor-cognitive tests to detect preclinical Alzheimer’s disease and estimate 5-year risks of cognitive decline and dementia
Published in BMC neurology (18-07-2022)“…Abstract Background The worldwide prevalence of dementia is rapidly rising. Alzheimer’s disease (AD), accounts for 70% of cases and has a 10–20-year…”
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Lysosomal alterations and decreased electrophysiological activity in CLN3 disease patient-derived cortical neurons
Published in Disease models & mechanisms (01-12-2022)“…CLN3 disease is a lysosomal storage disorder associated with fatal neurodegeneration that is caused by mutations in CLN3, with most affected individuals…”
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Connectivity of Pathology: The Olfactory System as a Model for Network-Driven Mechanisms of Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis
Published in Frontiers in aging neuroscience (15-12-2015)“…The pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been postulated to preferentially impact specific neural networks in the brain. The olfactory system is a…”
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