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ArticleAlzheimer's research & therapy2023

Whole-brain modeling of the differential influences of amyloid-beta and tau in Alzheimer's disease.

Gustavo Patow, Leon Stefanovski, Petra Ritter, Gustavo Deco, Xenia Kobeleva, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

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Article in Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Gustavo PatowViRVIG, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain. gustavo.patow@udg.edu.
Leon StefanovskiBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Petra RitterBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Gustavo DecoDepartment of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Barcelona, Spain.
Xenia KobelevaComputational Neurology Research Group, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DERuhr University Bochum · DEUniversitat de Girona · ESUniversitat Pompeu Fabra · ES

Funding

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative - SupplementU01AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE RES &EDUC · PI WEINER, MICHAEL W · 2004 to 2015
$121.0M
NIA NIH HHS U01 AG024904
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative condition associated with the accumulation of two misfolded proteins, amyloid-beta (A[Formula: see text]) and tau. We study their effect on neuronal activity, with the aim of assessing their individual and combined impact.

methodsWe use a whole-brain dynamic model to find the optimal parameters that best describe the effects of A[Formula: see text] and tau on the excitation-inhibition balance of the local nodes.

resultsWe found a clear dominance of A[Formula: see text] over tau in the early disease stages (MCI), while tau dominates over A[Formula: see text] in the latest stages (AD). We identify crucial roles for A[Formula: see text] and tau in complex neuronal dynamics and demonstrate the viability of using regional distributions to define models of large-scale brain function in AD.

conclusionsOur study provides further insight into the dynamics and complex interplay between these two proteins, opening the path for further investigations on biomarkers and candidate therapeutic targets in-silico.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersBrainHumansNeuronstau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkerstau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseaseAmyloid-betaSimulationTauWhole-brain model

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PMID38053164
PMCPMC10696890
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