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ReviewJournal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism2011

Neurovascular function in Alzheimer's disease patients and experimental models.

Nektaria Nicolakakis, Edith Hamel

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Review in Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04058132 (Cerebrovascular Reactivity), which is not on this map. Cited by 95 papers.

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95citing papers in PubMed
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04058132 phase2terminatednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Cerebrovascular Reactivity (CVR) Assessed With Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) as a Biomarker of Traumatic Cerebrovascular Injury (TCVI) Measured Longitudinally After Acute TBI in Military Personnel

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniformed Services University of the Health SciencesRan2019 to 2020Enrolled1ConditionsTraumatic Brain InjuryArmsSildenafil Citrate 50Mg Tab, functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 5%, Neuropsychological Assessments, Gadolinium contrast infusion
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

95 citing papers in PubMed, 154 citations in OpenAlex.

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35 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Nektaria NicolakakisLaboratory of Cerebrovascular Research, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Edith Hamel
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP-84275
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of the brain to locally augment glucose delivery and blood flow during neuronal activation, termed neurometabolic and neurovascular coupling, respectively, is compromised in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Since perfusion deficits may hasten clinical deterioration and have been correlated with negative treatment outcome, strategies to improve the cerebral circulation should form an integral element of AD therapeutic efforts. These efforts have yielded several experimental models, some of which constitute AD models proper, others which specifically recapture the AD cerebrovascular pathology, characterized by anatomical alterations in brain vessel structure, as well as molecular changes within vascular smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells forming the blood-brain barrier. The following paper will present the elements of AD neurovascular dysfunction and review the in vitro and in vivo model systems that have served to deepen our understanding of it. It will also critically evaluate selected groups of compounds, the FDA-approved cholinesterase inhibitors and thiazolidinediones, for their ability to correct neurovascular dysfunction in AD patients and models. These and several others are emerging as compounds with pleiotropic actions that may positively impact dysfunctional cerebrovascular, glial, and neuronal networks in AD.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsBrainCerebrovascular CirculationCholinesterase InhibitorsDisease Models, AnimalHumansPPAR gammaTransforming Growth Factor betaAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorCholinesterase InhibitorsPPAR gammaTransforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID21468088
PMCPMC3130325
OpenAlexW1984295722

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