Brain vasculature accumulates tau and is spatially related to tau tangle pathology in Alzheimer's disease

Study of Tau Protein Accumulation in Brain Vasculature in Alzheimer’s Disease Background Introduction Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by neurodegeneration, with primary pathological features including amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). These tangles are composed of tau protein, and these pathological changes are closely relate...

Ferroptosis Inhibitor Improves Outcome After Early and Delayed Treatment in Mild Spinal Cord Injury

Ferroptosis Inhibitors Improve Early and Delayed Treatment Outcomes of Mild Spinal Cord Injury Academic Background Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes significant secondary damage not only in the acute period but also in the chronic period. These injuries are typically triggered by multiple factors, including oxidative stress, inflammatory response, an...

Associations of CSF BACE1 with Amyloid Pathology, Neurodegeneration, and Cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease

Original Title: 《Associations of CSF BACE1 with Amyloid Pathology, Neurodegeneration, and Cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease》 Background and Research Purpose Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a leading cause of dementia in the elderly, characterized by the accumulation of β-amyloid protein (Aβ) plaques in the brain. Beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) ...

The Influence of APOEε4 on the pTau Interactome in Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease

The Influence of APOEε4 on the pTau Interactome in Sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease Background Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by extracellular deposition and aggregation of β-amyloid protein (Aβ) forming various types of Aβ deposits and the intracellular accumulation and assembly of abnormally phosphorylated tau p...

Classifying Neuronal Cell Types Based on Shared Electrophysiological Information from Humans and Mice

Innovative Fusion in Neuron Classification: Shared Information from Human and Mouse Electrophysiological Data The scientific community has long faced significant challenges in neuron classification. Accurate classification of neurons is crucial for understanding brain function in both healthy and diseased states. This study, led by Ofek Ophir, Orit...

Introduction to Cadence: A Neuroinformatics Tool for Supervised Calcium Events Detection

A New Breakthrough in Neuroinformatics: Research Report on Cadence Tool for Calcium Event Detection Background Introduction Calcium imaging technology has revolutionized the study of neuron ensembles, providing researchers with a powerful tool to simultaneously visualize and monitor multiple neuronal activities. Calcium imaging utilizes fluorescent...

A Bayesian Multiplex Graph Classifier of Functional Brain Connectivity Across Diverse Tasks of Cognitive Control

Functional Brain Connectivity Research Using Bayesian Multiplex Graph Classifier Research Background and Problem Statement In recent years, research on cognitive control in the elderly has garnered increasing attention, especially against the backdrop of accelerating population aging. Understanding cognitive functions in the elderly becomes particu...

Photogrammetry Scans for Neuroanatomy Education - A New Multi-Camera System: Technical Note

Photogrammetry Scans for Neuroanatomy Education - A New Multi-Camera System: Technical Note

Neuroinformatics Research: 3D Modeling of Neuroanatomy with Multi-Camera System Academic Background The surgical anatomy of the central nervous system, including the skull and spine, has an extremely complex three-dimensional (3D) structure, making it difficult for learners to fully understand the intricate relationships between various structures....

Solving the Pervasive Problem of Protocol Non-Compliance in MRI Using an Open-Source Tool MRQA

MRQA: Addressing the Widespread Problem of MRI Protocol Non-Compliance Background In recent years, large-scale neuroimaging datasets have played a crucial role in studying brain-behavior relationships, such as the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), Human Connectome Project (HCP), and Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) st...

Cleavage site-directed antibodies reveal the prion protein in humans is shed by ADAM10 at Y226 and associates with misfolded protein deposits in neurodegenerative diseases

ADAM10-Mediated Human Prion Protein Cleavage and Its Relationship with Neurodegenerative Diseases Background The endopeptidic processing of multifunctional proteins is crucial for regulating their physiological functions and plays a significant role in various pathological conditions. Prion protein (PrP), a widely expressed glycosylphosphatidylinos...