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ArticleFunction (Oxford, England)2024

Neuromuscular Dysfunction Precedes Cognitive Impairment in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.

Matthew H Brisendine, Anna S Nichenko, Aloka B Bandara, Orion S Willoughby, Niloufar Amiri, Zach Weingrad, Kalyn S Specht, Jacob M Bond, Adele Addington, Ronald G Jones and 5 more

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Article in Function (Oxford, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew H BrisendineDepartment of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Anna S NichenkoDepartment of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Aloka B BandaraDepartment of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Orion S WilloughbyDepartment of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Niloufar AmiriDepartment of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Zach WeingradDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Kalyn S SpechtDepartment of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Jacob M BondTranslational Biology, Medicine, and Health Program, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA.
Adele AddingtonDepartment of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Ronald G JonesDepartment of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
Kevin A MurachDepartment of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
Steven PoelzingTranslational Biology, Medicine, and Health Program, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA.
Siobhan M CraigeDepartment of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Robert W GrangeDepartment of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Joshua C DrakeDepartment of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6658-4975
Virginia Tech · USUniversity of Arkansas at Fayetteville · US

Funding

Re-entry Supplement associated with R01AG08073R01AG080731 · NIA · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI Josh C Drake · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
Mediators of Muscle Rejuvenation with AgingR01AG080047 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE · PI Kevin Murach · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
Role of skeletal muscle mitophagy in healthy agingR00AG057825 · NIA · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI DRAKE, JOSH C · 2020 to 2022
$693k
Reactive oxygen species drive muscle metabolismK01AR073332 · NIAMS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI CRAIGE, SIOBHAN M · 2019 to 2023
$629k
NIAMS NIH HHS K01 AR073332NIA NIH HHS R00 AG057825NIA NIH HHS R01 AG080047NIA NIH HHS R01 AG080731
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) develops along a continuum that spans years prior to diagnosis. Decreased muscle function and mitochondrial respiration occur years earlier in those that develop AD; however, it is unknown what causes these peripheral phenotypes in a disease of the brain. Exercise promotes muscle, mitochondria, and cognitive health and is proposed to be a potential therapeutic for AD, but no study has investigated how skeletal muscle adapts to exercise training in an AD-like context. Utilizing 5xFAD mice, an AD model that develops ad-like pathology and cognitive impairments around 6 mo of age, we examined in vivo neuromuscular function and exercise adapations (mitochondrial respiration and RNA sequencing) before the manifestation of overt cognitive impairment. We found 5xFAD mice develop neuromuscular dysfunction beginning as early as 4 mo of age, characterized by impaired nerve-stimulated muscle torque production and compound nerve action potential of the sciatic nerve. Furthermore, skeletal muscle in 5xFAD mice had altered, sex-dependent, adaptive responses (mitochondrial respiration and gene expression) to exercise training in the absence of overt cognitive impairment. Changes in peripheral systems, specifically neural communication to skeletal muscle, may be harbingers for AD and have implications for lifestyle interventions, like exercise, in AD.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseCognitive DysfunctionAnimalsBrainMiceMice, TransgenicMitochondria5xFADalzheimer’s diseaseexercisemitochondrianeuromuscularsciatic nerve

Identifiers

PMID38111538
PMCPMC10727840
OpenAlexW4389350696

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