2021
Studies of aging nonhuman primates illuminate the etiology of early‐stage Alzheimer's‐like neuropathology: An evolutionary perspective
Arnsten AFT, Datta D, Preuss TM. Studies of aging nonhuman primates illuminate the etiology of early‐stage Alzheimer's‐like neuropathology: An evolutionary perspective. American Journal Of Primatology 2021, 83: e23254. PMID: 33960505, PMCID: PMC8550995, DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTau pathologyAssociation cortexAlzheimer's diseaseTau phosphorylationNMDAR-NR2BRhesus monkeysCognitive deficitsMonkey dorsolateral prefrontal cortexAlzheimer-like neuropathologyInternal calcium releaseGenetic mouse modelsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexSynaptic lossNeurofibrillary tanglesAmyloid plaquesMouse modelEarly molecular eventsSporadic formsAutosomal dominant formCalcium releasePerfusion fixationCortexPrefrontal cortexNonhuman primatesPathology
2020
Hypothesis: Tau pathology is an initiating factor in sporadic Alzheimer's disease
Arnsten AFT, Datta D, Del Tredici K, Braak H. Hypothesis: Tau pathology is an initiating factor in sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2020, 17: 115-124. PMID: 33075193, PMCID: PMC7983919, DOI: 10.1002/alz.12192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbnormal tau phosphorylationTau pathologyProjection neuronsTau phosphorylationAssociation cortexAlzheimer's diseaseBrain tau pathologySporadic Alzheimer's diseaseSusceptible microenvironmentCalcium dysregulationVulnerable neuronsAβ plaquesAβ productionSporadic formsSAD pathologyRhesus monkeysAbnormal phosphorylationPathological eventsDiseaseAβ oligomersPathologyNeuronsVicious cycleCortexTau