Search Results - "Masters, L C"
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Accelerated cortical atrophy in cognitively normal elderly with high β-amyloid deposition
Published in Neurology (14-02-2012)“…Given the recent and growing interest in the concepts of prodromal and presymptomatic Alzheimer disease, it is crucial to determine whether the presence of…”
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Factors affecting subjective memory complaints in the AIBL aging study: biomarkers, memory, affect, and age
Published in International psychogeriatrics (01-08-2013)“…The prognostic value of subjective memory complaints (SMCs) in the diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer's type is unclear. While some studies have found an…”
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Clearance mechanisms of Alzheimer's amyloid-β peptide: implications for therapeutic design and diagnostic tests
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-05-2009)“…Currently, the ‘amyloid hypothesis’ is the most widely accepted explanation for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). According to this hypothesis,…”
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Cerebral microhemorrhage and brain β-amyloid in aging and Alzheimer disease
Published in Neurology (05-07-2011)“…Incidental cerebral microhemorrhage (MH) is frequently found in older individuals scanned with susceptibility-weighted MRI (SWI) or gradient-recalled echo MRI…”
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Packaging of prions into exosomes is associated with a novel pathway of PrP processing
Published in The Journal of pathology (01-04-2007)“…Prion diseases are fatal, transmissible neurodegenerative disorders associated with conversion of the host‐encoded prion protein (PrPC) into an abnormal…”
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Imaging β-amyloid burden in aging and dementia
Published in Neurology (15-05-2007)“…To compare brain beta-amyloid (Abeta) burden measured with [(11)C]Pittsburgh Compound B (PIB) PET in normal aging, Alzheimer disease (AD), and other dementias…”
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Physical activity and amyloid-β plasma and brain levels: results from the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle Study of Ageing
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-08-2013)“…Previous studies suggest physical activity improves cognition and lowers Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. However, key AD pathogenic factors that are thought to…”
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Amyloid load in Parkinson’s disease dementia and Lewy body dementia measured with [11C]PIB positron emission tomography
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry (01-12-2008)“…Background: Neuropathological studies have reported varying amounts of amyloid pathology in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease dementia…”
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A blood-based predictor for neocortical Aβ burden in Alzheimer’s disease: results from the AIBL study
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-04-2014)“…Dementia is a global epidemic with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) being the leading cause. Early identification of patients at risk of developing AD is now becoming…”
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β-Amyloid burden in the temporal neocortex is related to hippocampal atrophy in elderly subjects without dementia
Published in Neurology (12-01-2010)“…To investigate whether global and regional beta-amyloid (Abeta) burden as measured with 11C Pittsburgh compound B (PIB) PET is associated with hippocampal…”
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Determinants of diagnostic investigation sensitivities across the clinical spectrum of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Published in Brain (London, England : 1878) (01-09-2006)“…To validate the provisional findings of a number of smaller studies and explore additional determinants of characteristic diagnostic investigation results…”
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Adherence to a Mediterranean diet and Alzheimer’s disease risk in an Australian population
Published in Translational psychiatry (02-10-2012)“…The Mediterranean diet (MeDi), due to its correlation with a low morbidity and mortality for many chronic diseases, has been widely recognised as a healthy…”
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Identification of the Alzheimer's disease amyloid precursor protein (APP) and its homologue APLP2 as essential modulators of glucose and insulin homeostasis and growth
Published in The Journal of pathology (01-06-2008)“…The amyloid precursor protein (APP), the source of the neurotoxic amyloid β (Aβ) peptide involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD), belongs to a conserved family of…”
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A comparative analysis of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (Lrrk2) expression in mouse brain and Lewy body disease
Published in Neuroscience (29-07-2007)“…Abstract Pathogenic substitutions in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 ( LRRK2 , Lrrk2) have been genetically linked to familial, late-onset Parkinsonism. End-stage…”
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Novel prion protein gene mutation presenting with subacute PSP-like syndrome
Published in Neurology (13-03-2007)“…A 62-year-old Indonesian woman presenting with a progressive supranuclear palsy-like syndrome was confirmed post mortem as dying from a spongiform…”
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Surgical treatment and risk of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a case-control study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (27-02-1999)“…Apart from the small number of iatrogenic and familial cases, the cause of most cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is not known. We aimed to identify…”
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Prognostic serum miRNA biomarkers associated with Alzheimer’s disease shows concordance with neuropsychological and neuroimaging assessment
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-10-2015)“…There is no consensus for a blood-based test for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Expression profiling of small non-coding RNA’s, microRNA…”
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Formation of stable complexes between two Alzheimer's disease gene products: Presenilin-2 and β-amyloid precursor protein
Published in Nature medicine (01-03-1997)“…Mutations in the presenilin genes are associated with early onset familial Alzheimer's disease and lead to increased accumulation of beta A4 peptide, the…”
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What the evolution of the amyloid protein precursor supergene family tells us about its function
Published in Neurochemistry International (01-03-2000)“…The Alzheimer’s disease amyloid protein precursor (APP) gene is part of a multi-gene super-family from which sixteen homologous amyloid precursor-like proteins…”
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Australian sporadic CJD analysis supports endogenous determinants of molecular-clinical profiles
Published in Neurology (12-07-2005)“…To define the protease-resistant prion protein (PrPres) types and associated clinical profiles in Australian patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease…”
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