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ReviewCellular and molecular neurobiology2015

Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer's Disease: Should We Keep Trying Antioxidant Therapies?

Michelli Erica Souza Ferreira, Amanda Soares de Vasconcelos, Thyago da Costa Vilhena, Thiago Leite da Silva, Aline da Silva Barbosa, Antonio Rafael Quadros Gomes, Maria Fani Dolabela, Sandro Percário

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Review in Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michelli Erica Souza FerreiraOxidative Stress Research Lab, Institute of Biological Sciences (LAPEO - ICB), Federal University of Pará, Av. Augusto Correa, 01, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil.
Amanda Soares de Vasconcelos
Thyago da Costa Vilhena
Thiago Leite da Silva
Aline da Silva Barbosa
Antonio Rafael Quadros Gomes
Maria Fani Dolabela
Sandro Percário
Universidade Federal do Pará · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The risk of chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's disease is growing as a result of the continuous increasing average life span of the world population, a syndrome characterized by the presence of intraneural neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques composed mainly by beta-amyloid protein, changes that may cause a number of progressive disorders in the elderly, causing, in its most advanced stage, difficulty in performing normal daily activities, among other manifestations. Therefore, it is important to understand the underlying pathogenic mechanisms of this syndrome. Nevertheless, despite intensive effort to access the physiopathological pathways of the disease, it remains poorly understood. In that context, some hypotheses have arisen, including the recent oxidative stress hypothesis, theory supported by the involvement of oxidative stress in aging, and the vulnerability of neurons to oxidative attack. In the present revision, oxidative changes and redox mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease will be further stressed, as well as the grounds for antioxidant supplementation as adjuvant therapy for the disease will be addressed.

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Oxidative StressAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsAntioxidantsDietary SupplementsHumansModels, BiologicalAmyloid beta-PeptidesAntioxidants

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PMID25616523
PMCPMC11486210
OpenAlexW2095429348

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