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    AMPK hyperactivation promotes dendrite retraction, synaptic loss, and neuronal dysfunction in glaucoma

    The maintenance of complex dendritic arbors and synaptic transmission are processes that require a substantial amount of energy. Bioenergetic decline is a prominent feature of chronic neurodegenerative disease...

    Nicolas Belforte, Jessica Agostinone, Luis Alarcon-Martinez in Molecular Neurodegeneration (2021)

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    GM2 ganglioside accumulation causes neuroinflammation and behavioral alterations in a mouse model of early onset Tay-Sachs disease

    Tay-Sachs disease (TSD), a type of GM2-gangliosidosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the α subunit of the lysosomal β-hexosaminidase enzyme. This disease is ...

    Seçil Akyıldız Demir, Zehra Kevser Timur, Nurselin Ateş in Journal of Neuroinflammation (2020)

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    Retinal ischemia induces α-SMA-mediated capillary pericyte contraction coincident with perivascular glycogen depletion

    Increasing evidence indicates that pericytes are vulnerable cells, playing pathophysiological roles in various neurodegenerative processes. Microvascular pericytes contract during cerebral and coronary ischemi...

    Luis Alarcon-Martinez, Sinem Yilmaz-Ozcan in Acta Neuropathologica Communications (2019)

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    Tau accumulation in the retina promotes early neuronal dysfunction and precedes brain pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

    Tau is an axon-enriched protein that binds to and stabilizes microtubules, and hence plays a crucial role in neuronal function. In Alzheimer’s disease (AD), pathological tau accumulation correlates with cognit...

    Marius Chiasseu, Luis Alarcon-Martinez, Nicolas Belforte in Molecular Neurodegeneration (2017)