ReviewNeurobiology of stress2018
Chronic stress as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: Roles of microglia-mediated synaptic remodeling, inflammation, and oxidative stress.
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- The Effects of Psychological and Environmental Stress on Micronutrient Concentrations in the Body: A Review of the Evidence.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Pooled it
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- Higher baseline CSF cortisol is associated with adverse 24-month tau-related, neuroimaging, and cognitive outcomes across the Alzheimer's disease continuum.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Maternal exercise enhances hippocampal plasticity and resilience against stress-induced depressive behaviors in adult offspring.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Interplay of oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in alzheimer's: insights into age-driven pathogenesis.Inflammopharmacology · 2026Review
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- Digital phenotyping for assessment and prediction of interoception, chronic stress, and self-regulation in adults: a scoping review.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Review
- Roles of Microglia in Synaptogenesis, Synaptic Pruning, and Synaptic Plasticity in Physiological Conditions and Central Nervous System Disorders.Current neuropharmacology · 2026Review
- A Review on the Pathophysiology of Alzheimer's Disease.Current protein & peptide science · 2026Review
- Microglial clearance, neuroprotection and cognitive recovery via a novel synthetic sulfolipid in Alzheimer's disease.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2025Article
- Amyloid Beta in Alzheimer's Disease: Mechanisms, Biomarker Potential, and Therapeutic Targets.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Review
- Sex differences in phenotypic modulation of microglia by early-life physical stress in a rat model of chronic primary low back pain.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2025Article
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- Dual Nature of Mitochondrial Integrated Stress Response: Molecular Switches from Protection to Pathology.Genes · 2025Review
- Sensory neurostimulation promotes stress resilience with frequency-specificity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Modulatory Effects ofAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Allostatic load score and lifestyle factors in the SWAN cohort: A longitudinal analysis.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Microglia are the predominant immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS) that exert key physiological roles required for maintaining CNS homeostasis, notably in response to chronic stress, as well as mediating synaptic plasticity, learning and memory. The repeated exposure to stress confers a higher risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases including sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD). While microglia have been causally linked to amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation, tau pathology, neurodegeneration, and synaptic loss in AD, they were also attributed beneficial roles, notably in the phagocytic elimination of Aβ. In this review, we discuss the interactions between chronic stress and AD pathology, overview the roles played by microglia in AD, especially focusing on chronic stress as an environmental risk factor modulating their function, and present recently-described microglial phenotypes associated with neuroprotection in AD. These microglial phenotypes observed under both chronic stress and AD pathology may provide novel opportunities for the development of better-targeted therapeutic interventions.
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