P G Antuono, J Ravanelli-Meyer, K Nicholson, A S Bloom
{"title":"Leukocyte hexokinase activity in aging and Alzheimer disease.","authors":"P G Antuono, J Ravanelli-Meyer, K Nicholson, A S Bloom","doi":"10.1159/000106947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000106947","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We determined the effects of clinical variables on hexokinase (HK) activity in leukocytes from Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and controls. Age accounted for 51% of the variance in HK activity in the young and 23% in the old. Duration of illness in both familial and sporadic AD accounted for HK levels by 32 and 38%, respectively. Hexokinase activity increases with age and does not discriminate between familial and sporadic AD.</p>","PeriodicalId":79336,"journal":{"name":"Dementia (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":"6 4","pages":"200-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000106947","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18557908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THA--historical aspects, review of pharmacological properties and therapeutic effects.","authors":"J C Soares, S Gershon","doi":"10.1159/000106951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000106951","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors reviewed historical data in the development of THA, as well as recent data on its pharmacological properties and therapeutic effects on cognitive dysfunction. A medline search was conducted to identify the trials conducted with THA in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. The findings seem to lend support to some palliative action of THA, especially at higher doses, but in these doses about 2/3 of the patients experience significant adverse reactions. The significance of these findings is discussed, with emphasis on the their relevance for the management of AD patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":79336,"journal":{"name":"Dementia (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":"6 4","pages":"225-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000106951","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18556569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transient enhancement of cholinergic neurochemical markers induced by NGF in aged F344 rats.","authors":"A C Santucci, P D Kanof, V Haroutunian","doi":"10.1159/000106943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000106943","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two experiments were conducted to assess the durability of nerve growth factor (NGF) effects on cholinergic neurochemical markers. Artificial CSF or NGF was infused via osmotic pumps for 2 weeks into the lateral ventricles of young adult (3- to 6-month-old) and aged (22- to 26-month-old) Fischer 344 rats. Assessment of choline acetyltransferase (CAT) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) within the cortex, striatum, and hippocampus was conducted either approximately 3 (experiment 1) or 12 (experiment 2) weeks after termination of treatment. A variety of age-related deficiencies were found in the two experiments with decreased marker levels within the dorsal hippocampus and striatum being most consistent. NGF increased cholinergic marker enzyme activity in experiment 1 only. Specifically, NGF (a) attenuated age-related CAT and AChE deficits within the dorsal hippocampus and striatum, (b) enhanced CAT activity within the frontal cortex and ventral hippocampus in aged animals, and (c) increased CAT activity within the dorsal hippocampus in young subjects. It is concluded that NGF may be beneficial in enhancing cholinergic neurochemical parameters, especially in aged animals, but such effects are most likely transient.</p>","PeriodicalId":79336,"journal":{"name":"Dementia (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":"6 4","pages":"179-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000106943","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18557906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Bobinski, J Wegiel, H M Wisniewski, M Tarnawski, B Reisberg, B Mlodzik, M J de Leon, D C Miller
{"title":"Atrophy of hippocampal formation subdivisions correlates with stage and duration of Alzheimer disease.","authors":"M Bobinski, J Wegiel, H M Wisniewski, M Tarnawski, B Reisberg, B Mlodzik, M J de Leon, D C Miller","doi":"10.1159/000106948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000106948","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The hippocampal formations of 13 subjects with severe Alzheimer disease [AD; Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) stage 7] and of 5 age-matched subjects without symptoms of dementia were reconstructed from serial sections. Functional assessment staging (FAST) was used at the time of demise to assess 9 patients at stages 7a-c (incipient averbal and nonambulatory) and 4 patients at stages 7e-f (immobile). The duration of the disease from FAST stage 5 until demise ranged from 2 to 8 years in the first of these subgroups, and from 10 to 13 years in the second. The volumes of the entire hippocampal formation and of the cornu ammonis, its sectors and layers, the dentate gyrus, the subicular complex, and the entorhinal cortex were calculated. Hippocampal formation volume decreased by 36% in the incipient averbal and nonambulatory patients and by 60% in the severely functionally impaired immobile patients, in comparison with controls. In the final substages of AD, immobile patients exhibited significant atrophy, in comparison with controls, in the cornu ammonis and all of its sectors and layers except CA4, the subicular complex and all of its parts, and the entorhinal cortex (p < 0.05). Within the AD patient group, significant correlations were noted between both the magnitude of functional severity and the duration of AD and the volumes of most hippocampal formation subdivisions studied. For the cornu ammonis, subicular complex, and entorhinal cortex, volumetric loss correlations with FAST stage 7 ordinally enumerated substages were r = -0.71, -0.79, and -0.62, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)</p>","PeriodicalId":79336,"journal":{"name":"Dementia (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":"6 4","pages":"205-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000106948","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18557910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The cortical neuritic dystrophy of Alzheimer's disease: nature, significance, and possible pathogenesis.","authors":"A J Larner","doi":"10.1159/000106950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000106950","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It has been increasingly appreciated in the last decade that the neocortex of the Alzheimer's disease brain is characterized by a widespread neuritic dystrophy, spatially distinct from that observed surrounding neuritic amyloid plaques. The nature and significance of this cortical neuritic dystrophy and its possible pathogenesis are the topics of this review. It may represent a regenerative sprouting response of neurons to partial deafferentation following cell loss; alternatively it may reflect a primary aberrant growth phenomenon leading to cell loss. Such changes could result from derangement of neurite growth-promoting and growth-inhibitory factors in the Alzheimer's disease brain.</p>","PeriodicalId":79336,"journal":{"name":"Dementia (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":"6 4","pages":"218-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000106950","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18556571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beta-amyloid deposition in the medial temporal lobe in elderly non-demented brains and in Alzheimer's disease.","authors":"R A Armstrong","doi":"10.1159/000106933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000106933","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The density of diffuse, primitive, classic and compact beta-amyloid (beta/A4) deposits was estimated in the medial temporal lobe in elderly non-demented brains and in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the non-demented cases, beta/A4 deposits were absent in the hippocampus but in 8/14 cases they were present in the adjacent cortical regions. Variation in beta/A4 deposition in the non-demented cases was large and overlapped with that of the AD cases. The ratio of mature to diffuse beta/A4 deposits was greater in the non-demented than in the AD cases. In both the non-demented cases and AD, the beta/A4 deposits were clustered with, in many tissues, a regular distribution of clusters along the cortex parallel to the pia. However, the mean cluster size of the deposits in the cortex was greater in AD than in the non-demented cases. These results suggest that the spread of beta/A4 pathology between the modular units of the cortex and into the hippocampus could be important factors in the development of AD.</p>","PeriodicalId":79336,"journal":{"name":"Dementia (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":"6 3","pages":"121-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000106933","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18624677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Goto, T Kimura, S Hagio, K Ueda, S Kitajima, H Tokunaga, E Sato
{"title":"Neuropathological analysis of dementia in a Japanese leprosarium.","authors":"M Goto, T Kimura, S Hagio, K Ueda, S Kitajima, H Tokunaga, E Sato","doi":"10.1159/000106939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000106939","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a neuropathological study of consecutive autopsies, prevalence and cause of dementia in a Japanese leprosarium were investigated, where more than 95% of inpatients with a mean age of 70 years are now free from active leprosy. In 10 years (1983-1992), clinically overt dementia at death was 35/136 (25.7%) in the age group over 65 years (mean age 79.4). Autopsy was performed in 85 cases (mean age 81 years), and clinically overt dementia was seen in 25 subjects (29.4%). Neuropathologically, Alzheimer's disease (AD) was seen in 9 cases (10.6%), vascular dementia (VD) in 9 cases (10.6%), mixed type in 3 cases (3.5%) and unclassified in 4 cases (4.7%). In the age group of 65-84 years, AD was 5/58 (8.6%), VD was 4/58 (6.9%), mixed type was 2/58 (3.4%), and unclassified was 1/58 (1.7%). Compared with previous Japanese general population-based data, where VD was more frequent than AD, the rate of dementia in our leprosarium was high, and pathologically confirmed AD was as common as VD. Recently, a prophylactic effect of the antileprosy and anti-inflammatory drug DDS (dapsone, 4,4'-diaminodiphenyl sulfone) has been suggested. Lepromatous patients take more DDS (51.9%) than tuberculoid patients (11.5%), however, as the dementia rate of tuberculoid leprosy (17.9%) in those 65-84 years old is similar to lepromatous leprosy (15.9%) in our study, we do not support their viewpoint.</p>","PeriodicalId":79336,"journal":{"name":"Dementia (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":"6 3","pages":"157-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000106939","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18624685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P Julin, L O Wahlund, H Basun, A Persson, K Måre, U Rudberg
{"title":"Clinical diagnosis of frontal lobe dementia and Alzheimer's disease: relation to cerebral perfusion, brain atrophy and electroencephalography.","authors":"P Julin, L O Wahlund, H Basun, A Persson, K Måre, U Rudberg","doi":"10.1159/000106937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000106937","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The regional cerebral blood flow, brain atrophy, white matter changes and neurophysiologic changes were evaluated in 28 patients with a clinical diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in 8 patients with a clinical diagnosis of frontal lobe dementia (FLD) using single photon emission computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography (EEG). We found that FLD patients had more severe frontal blood flow reduction and less severe parietal blood flow reduction compared to AD patients. Among patients with mild dementia the EEG changes were less severe in the FLD group. No significant differences were found in white matter changes or in regional atrophy.</p>","PeriodicalId":79336,"journal":{"name":"Dementia (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":"6 3","pages":"142-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000106937","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18624679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M L Voytko, R R Sukhov, L C Walker, S J Breckler, D L Price, V E Koliatsos
{"title":"Neuronal number and size are preserved in the nucleus basalis of aged rhesus monkeys.","authors":"M L Voytko, R R Sukhov, L C Walker, S J Breckler, D L Price, V E Koliatsos","doi":"10.1159/000106936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000106936","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neurons in the nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM) were analyzed morphometrically in 21 rhesus monkeys ranging in age from 9 to 33 years. Numbers of cholinergic neurons were similar across all ages at several NBM levels in either Nissl-stained paraffin sections or sections processed immunocytochemically for nerve growth factor receptor (p75LNGFr). Size of NBM neurons was larger in aged monkeys than young monkeys at all NBM levels, particularly in the most posterior subdivision. A subset of monkeys were behaviorally characterized shortly before death, and partial correlation analyses indicated that increased age was associated with declines in recognition memory, visuospatial orientation, and reaction time. Controlling for age, spatial memory and concurrent discrimination abilities were associated with lower cell number in intermediate NBM. Numbers of neurons in anterior NBM did not correlate with any behavioral measure. These observations indicate that numbers of NBM cholinergic neurons are stable with age, that NBM neurons become hypertrophic in older animals, and that morphometric indices of cholinergic neurons are associated with cognitive function.</p>","PeriodicalId":79336,"journal":{"name":"Dementia (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":"6 3","pages":"131-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000106936","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18624678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P Grammas, T Botchlet, R Fugate, M J Ball, A E Roher
{"title":"Alzheimer disease amyloid proteins inhibit brain endothelial cell proliferation in vitro.","authors":"P Grammas, T Botchlet, R Fugate, M J Ball, A E Roher","doi":"10.1159/000106934","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000106934","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the close morphological association of beta-amyloid and vascular cells, the functional effects of amyloid in cerebral endothelial cells in Alzheimer's disease have not been assessed. In this study, effects of amyloid fractions purified from senile plaques of AD brains were compared to synthetic amyloid peptides for their ability to affect brain endothelial cells in vitro. Our results indicate that plaque-derived amyloid inhibit brain endothelial cell proliferation in vitro by 40%. This inhibition was specific for plaque-derived amyloid, was not evoked by synthetic A beta 1-40, and was not mediated by alterations in intracellular calcium levels. Amyloid fractions from AD brains, although not directly toxic to brain endothelial cells, inhibit endothelial replication in vitro and therefore could alter the ability of vessels to repair and regenerate after injury.</p>","PeriodicalId":79336,"journal":{"name":"Dementia (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":"6 3","pages":"126-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000106934","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18624680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}