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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2023

How Can Static and Oscillating Electric Fields Serve in Decomposing Alzheimer's and Other Senile Plaques?

Surajit Kalita, Hagai Bergman, Kshatresh Dutta Dubey, Sason Shaik

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Finite-element simulation and experimental investigation of nanosecond transcranial pulsed electric field propagation and distribution in a three-dimensional brain model].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2026
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  2. Oriented Electric Fields─Universal Catalysts.Accounts of chemical research · 2025
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  3. Disrupting Amyloid Filaments of Tau by Means of Electric Fields.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2025
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  12. Disrupting Dimeric β-Amyloid by Electric Fields.ACS physical chemistry Au · 2023
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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 2 countries.

Surajit KalitaInstitute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-5343-0694
Hagai BergmanDepartment of Medical Neurobiology (Physiology), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical Faculty, Jerusalem, Israel 91120.
Kshatresh Dutta DubeyDepartment of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201314, India.ORCID 0000-0001-8865-7602
Sason ShaikInstitute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-7643-9421
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · ILShiv Nadar University · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative conditions, which are ascribed to extracellular accumulation of β-amyloid peptides into plaques. This phenomenon seems to typify other related neurodegenerative diseases. The present study uses classical molecular-dynamics simulations to decipher the aggregation-disintegration behavior of β-amyloid peptide plaques in the presence of static and oscillating oriented external electric fields (OEEFs). A long-term disintegration of such plaques is highly desirable since this may improve the prospects of therapeutic treatments of Alzheimer's disease and of other neurodegenerative diseases typified by senile plaques. Our study illustrates the spontaneous aggregation of the β-amyloid, its prevention and breakdown when OEEF is applied, and the fate of the broken aggregate when the OEEF is removed. Notably, we demonstrate that the usage of an oscillating OEEF on β-amyloid aggregates appears to lead to an irreversible disintegration. Insight is provided into the root causes of the various modes of aggregation, as well as into the different fates of OEEF-induced disintegration in oscillating vs static fields. Finally, our simulation results are compared to the well-established TTFields and the Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapies, which are currently used options for treatments of Alzheimer's disease and other related neurodegenerative diseases.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseNeurodegenerative DiseasesAmyloid beta-PeptidesHumansMolecular Dynamics SimulationPlaque, AmyloidAmyloid beta-Peptides

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PMID36735972
PMCPMC9936589
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