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ArticleBrain structure & function2018

Localization of endogenous amyloid-β to the coeruleo-cortical pathway: consequences of noradrenergic depletion.

Jennifer A Ross, Beverly A S Reyes, Steven A Thomas, Elisabeth J Van Bockstaele

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Article in Brain structure & function, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jennifer A RossDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine, Drexel University, 245 S. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA. jar485@drexel.edu.
Beverly A S ReyesDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine, Drexel University, 245 S. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA.
Steven A ThomasDepartment of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Elisabeth J Van BockstaeleDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine, Drexel University, 245 S. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA.
Drexel University · USTranslational Therapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

OPIOID MODULATION OF THE COERULEO-CORTICAL PATHWAYR01DA009082 · NIDA · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI VAN BOCKSTAELE, ELISABETH J · 2001 to 2017
$6.0M
Molecular Mechanisms of the Stress ResponseR01MH100319 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI THOMAS, STEVEN A · 2014 to 2017
$1.6M
Norepinephrine: A Novel Regulator of Amyloid Beta-42 PeptidesR21AG058263 · NIA · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI THOMAS, STEVEN A, VAN BOCKSTAELE, ELISABETH J · 2018 to 2019
$458k
NIA NIH HHS R21 AG058263NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA009082NIH HHS DA09082NIH HHS MH100319NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH100319
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The locus coeruleus (LC)-norepinephrine (NE) system is an understudied circuit in the context of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and is thought to play an important role in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases involving catecholamine neurotransmitters. Understanding the expression and distribution of the amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide, a primary component of AD, under basal conditions and under conditions of NE perturbation within the coeruleo-cortical pathway may be important for understanding its putative role in pathological states. Thus, the goal of this study is to define expression levels and the subcellular distribution of endogenous Aβ with respect to noradrenergic profiles in the rodent LC and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and, further, to determine the functional relevance of NE in modulating endogenous Aβ

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ADAM10 ProteinAdrenergic NeuronsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAnimalsAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesBenzylaminesCerebral CortexDopamine beta-HydroxylaseFemaleLocus CoeruleusMaleMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, ElectronNeural PathwaysADAM10 ProteinAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-42)Amyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesBace1 protein, ratBenzylaminesDopamine beta-HydroxylaseDSP 4Neurotransmitter Uptake InhibitorsNorepinephrinePeptide FragmentsTyrosine 3-MonooxygenaseAdrenergic receptorsAmyloidDopamine-β-hydroxylaseNorepinephrineStress

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PMID28779307
PMCPMC5773352
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