AMiNDR: A Month in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

189 - Vascular Contributions to Alzheimer's Disease & Treatments Targeting the Vasculature: June 2021

Episode Summary

With a shorter epsiode than usual this month, Elyn is back with an update on vascular contributions to Alzheimer disease and potential treatment avenues targeting the vasculature. Tune in for a summary of 8 papers spanning clinical studies that unpack neuroimaging hallmarks of vascular changes in AD, all the way to mechanistic studies focused on understanding blood-brain barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer disease, and a bonus inclusion of a fluid biomarkers paper on the plasma lipidome! Sections in this episode: Clinical Studies – Neuroimaging and Cardiovascular Risk (4:20) Mechanistic Studies – BBB dysfunction and rescue (13:20) Bonus paper on Plasma lipidome (17:38)

Episode Notes

With a shorter epsiode than usual this month, Elyn is back with an update on vascular contributions to Alzheimer disease and potential treatment avenues targeting the vasculature. Tune in for a summary of 8 papers spanning clinical studies that unpack neuroimaging hallmarks of vascular changes in AD, all the way to mechanistic studies focused on understanding blood-brain barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer disease, and a bonus inclusion of a fluid biomarkers paper on the plasma lipidome!  

Sections in this episode:  

Clinical Studies – Neuroimaging and Cardiovascular Risk (4:20)  

Mechanistic Studies – BBB dysfunction and rescue (13:20)  

Bonus paper on Plasma lipidome (17:38) 

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We would like to thank our amazing team for all of the work that goes into every episode of AMiNDR. Today's episode was scripted and hosted by Elyn Rowe, edited by Michelle Grover, and reviewed by Jacques Ferreira and Anusha Kamesh. The bibliography was created by Tarini Boparai and the wordcloud (wordart.com) was generated by Sarah Louadi. 

Big thanks to the sorting team for sorting all the papers published in June into themes for our episodes: Jacques Ferreira, Elyn Rowe, Ellen Koch, Christy Yu, Nicole Corso, Sarah Louadi, and Naila Kuhlmann. 

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Elyn Rowe would like to acknowledge her support from the Alzheimer Society of Canada, through the Alzheimer Society Research Program. The Alzheimer Society is committed to knowledge dissemination as a key pillar in their mission to  promote the search for causes, treatments, and a cure for Alzheimer disease.

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