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ReviewJournal of Alzheimer's disease reports

Dual impact of neuroinflammation on cognitive and motor impairments in Alzheimer's disease.

Sodiq Fakorede, Olubodun M Lateef, Wilson Amemewon Garuba, Priscilla Onaopemipo Akosile, Deborah A Okon, Abdullahi Tunde Aborode

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Review in Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sodiq FakoredeDepartment Prosthetics and Orthotics, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7717-105X
Olubodun M LateefDepartment of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Wilson Amemewon GarubaChemistry Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Priscilla Onaopemipo AkosileDepartment of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Deborah A OkonNew Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
Abdullahi Tunde AborodeDepartment of Research and Development, Healthy Africans Platform, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroinflammation plays a crucial role in the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD), contributing to both cognitive decline and motor impairment. This review examines the dual impact of neuroinflammatory processes, particularly the activation of microglia and astrocytes, and the dysregulated release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, on cognition and balance in AD. Neuroinflammation leads to synaptic dysfunction, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial impairment, which accelerate neuronal damage and disrupt motor circuits, such as those in the motor cortex, basal ganglia, and cerebellum. These disruptions result in motor symptoms like gait disruption and balance issues, reflecting the close interplay between cognitive and motor functions. In addition, we highlighted the role of blood-brain barrier disruption and peripheral neuropathy in increasing motor dysfunction. Despite the promise of anti-inflammatory treatments, clinical trials with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have yielded mixed results, underscoring the need for early intervention and more targeted therapies. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms linking neuroinflammation to cognitive and motor impairments may guide the development of new therapeutic approaches aimed at mitigating the complex pathology of AD.

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Alzheimer's diseasecognitivemotor impairmentneuroinflammation

Identifiers

PMID40463291
PMCPMC12130662

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