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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2010

Synapses, synaptic activity and intraneuronal abeta in Alzheimer's disease.

Davide Tampellini, Gunnar K Gouras

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Davide TampelliniDepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY, USA.
Gunnar K Gouras
Cornell University · US

Funding

Intraneuronal Abeta accumulation: mechanism of pathogenesisR01AG027140 · NIA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI MAXFIELD, FREDERICK R. · 2007 to 2010
$1.1M
BIOLOGY OF ALZHEIMER AMYLOID IN NEURONSK02AG028174 · NIA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI GOURAS, GUNNAR K · 2006 to 2010
$532k
NIA NIH HHS K02 AG028174NIA NIH HHS R01 AG027140
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

beta-Amyloid peptide accumulation plays a central role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Aberrant beta-amyloid buildup in the brain has been shown to be present both in the extracellular space and within neurons. Synapses are important targets of beta-amyloid, and alterations in synapses better correlate with cognitive impairment than amyloid plaques or neurofibrillary tangles. The link between beta-amyloid and synapses became even tighter when it was discovered that beta-amyloid accumulates within synapses and that synaptic activity modulates beta-amyloid secretion. Currently, a central question in Alzheimer's disease research is what role synaptic activity plays in the disease process, and how specifically beta-amyloid is involved in the synaptic dysfunction that characterizes the disease.

Indexed as

Alzheimer diseaseamyloidamyloid precursor proteinneprilysinneurodegenerationneuronsynapsesynaptic plasticity

Identifiers

PMID20725518
PMCPMC2912028
OpenAlexW1979456711

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