2024
Synaptic density patterns in early Alzheimer’s disease assessed by independent component analysis
Fang X, Raval N, O’Dell R, Naganawa M, Mecca A, Chen M, van Dyck C, Carson R. Synaptic density patterns in early Alzheimer’s disease assessed by independent component analysis. Brain Communications 2024, 6: fcae107. PMID: 38601916, PMCID: PMC11004947, DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedial temporal brain regionsAlzheimer's diseaseTemporal brain regionsCognitive deficitsBrain regionsCognitive impairmentPostmortem studiesBinds to SV2ASynaptic densityReduction of synaptic densityIndependent component analysisSynaptic lossAlzheimerDeficitsImpairmentBrainNeocortexComponent analysisPrimary pathologySV2A
2021
Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II in Aging Rat Prefrontal Cortex Impairs Working Memory Performance
Datta D, Leslie SN, Woo E, Amancharla N, Elmansy A, Lepe M, Mecca AP, Slusher BS, Nairn AC, Arnsten AFT. Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II in Aging Rat Prefrontal Cortex Impairs Working Memory Performance. Frontiers In Aging Neuroscience 2021, 13: 760270. PMID: 34867287, PMCID: PMC8634091, DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.760270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive disordersRat medial PFCMedial PFCGCPII inhibitorsPFC cognitive deficitsPrefrontal cortical activationGlutamate carboxypeptidase IIGCPII proteinMGluR3 expressionLocal infusionSystemic administrationAged ratsGCPII inhibitionMemory performancePrefrontal cortex impairsCortical activationCognitive impairmentCognitive deficitsInflammationGenetic insultsCarboxypeptidase IIDisordersGCPIICurrent studyInhibitors