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Impact of social isolation on grey matter structure and cognitive functions: A population-based longitudinal neuroimaging study
Social isolation contributes to human brain atrophy and cognitive decline, indicating an opportunity to reduce dementia risk by promoting social networks.
#Neuroscience #Brain #Neurology #NeurologicalDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Neurodegeneration #Alzheimer
#CognitiveDecline #CognitiveDysfunction #Dementia #Hippocampus #Neuroimaging #NeuroImage #SocialIsolation #SocialBond
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Social Bonds Protect Aging Brains
Social isolation can potentially harm brain structure and cognitive performance, suggesting an increased risk of conditions like Alzheimer’s dementia.
A lack of quality social interaction can lead to a decrease in the hippocampus’s volume, crucial for memory formation and retrieval, and poorer cognitive performance.
#Neuroscience #Brain #Neurology #NeurologicalDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Neurodegeneration #Alzheimer
#CognitiveDecline #CognitiveDysfunction #Dementia #Hippocampus #Neuroimaging #NeuroImage #SocialIsolation #SocialBond
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https://neurosciencenews.com/social-aging-neuroscience-brain-23505/
Astrocyte reactivity influences amyloid-β effects on tau pathology in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
Aβ was associated with increased plasma phosphorylated tau only in individuals positive for astrocyte reactivity (Ast+).
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Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of tau pathology in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease reveal that tau tangles accumulate as a function of amyloid-β burden only in individuals positive for an astrocyte reactivity biomarker.
Functional roles of reactive astrocytes in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration
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Astrocytes are essential for neuronal survival and function in the CNS but, under pathological conditions, they can adopt potentially harmful reactive states. This Review highlights how ‘omics’ technologies can enable the functional characterization of defined reactive astrocyte states in various pathological scenarios.
Therapeutic Strategies for Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 (SCA1)
#Neuroscience #Brain #NeurologicalDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Neurodegeneration #Cerebellum #Ataxia #SpinocerebellarAtaxia #SCA1 #HereditaryAtaxias #Ataxias #NeurogeneticDiseases #Neurogenetics
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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder that affects one or two individuals per 100,000. The disease is caused by an extended CAG repeat in exon 8 of the ATXN1 gene and is characterized mostly by a profound loss of cerebellar Purkinje cells, leading to disturbances in coordination, balance, and gait. At present, no curative treatment is available for SCA1. However, increasing knowledge on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of SCA1 has led the way towards several therapeutic strategies that can potentially slow disease progression. SCA1 therapeutics can be classified as genetic, pharmacological, and cell replacement therapies. These different therapeutic strategies target either the (mutant) ATXN1 RNA or the ataxin-1 protein, pathways that play an important role in downstream SCA1 disease mechanisms or which help restore cells that are lost due to SCA1 pathology. In this review, we will provide a summary of the different therapeutic strategies that are currently being investigated for SCA1.
Multifaceted nanoparticles: emerging mechanisms and therapies in neurodegenerative diseases.
Friedreich’s ataxia represents a test case to validate the potential of therapeutic strategies based on nanoparticles.
#Neuroscience #Brain #NeurologicalDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Neurodegeneration #Cerebellum #Ataxia #FriedreichAtaxia #HereditaryAtaxias #Ataxias #NeurogeneticDiseases #Neurogenetics
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#GeneTherapy
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https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/doi/10.1093/brain/awad014/7024724
APOE expression and secretion are modulated by mitochondrial dysfunction
This study presents compelling evidence that ApoE is upregulated in various models of mitochondrial respiratory chain dysfunction. The work is of fundamental interest for those studying neurodegeneration and the role of ApoE in Alzheimer's disease; future work will be needed to reveal the molecular basis of this dramatic phenotype.
#Biomedicine #Neuroscience #Brain #Neurology #NeurologicalDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Neurodegeneration #Alzheimer #ApoE #Neurogenetics #Mitochondria #MitochondrialDysfunction
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