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Study of the localization of iron, ferritin, and hemosiderin in Alzheimer's disease hippocampus by analytical microscopy at the subcellular level.

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These findings provide new arguments to support the hypothesis of a dysfunction of Ft (with eventual degradation to Hm) in AD resulting in an increase of toxic brain ferrous ions that may contribute to the production of free radicals that induce both cellular oxidative stress and aged-related myelin breakdown associated with cognitive decline and AD.
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This article is published in Journal of Structural Biology.The article was published on 2006-01-01. It has received 278 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ferritin & Cognitive decline.

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Oxidative stress hypothesis in alzheimer's disease

TL;DR: Supporting indirect evidence comes from a variety of in vitro studies showing that free radicals are capable of mediating neuron degeneration and death, suggesting that therapeutic efforts aimed at removal of ROS or prevention of their formation may be beneficial in AD.
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Iron, brain ageing and neurodegenerative disorders

TL;DR: By studying the accumulation and cellular distribution of iron during ageing, this work should be able to increase the understanding of these neurodegenerative disorders and develop new therapeutic strategies.
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Iron accumulation in Alzheimer disease is a source of redox-generated free radicals.

TL;DR: It is found, using a modified histochemical technique that relies on the formation of mixed valence iron complexes, that redox-active iron is associated with the senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles-the pathological hallmark lesions of Alzheimer disease.
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Age-related myelin breakdown: a developmental model of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease

TL;DR: A hypothetical model of Alzheimer's disease as a uniquely human brain disorder rooted in its exceptional process of myelination is presented, offering a framework that explains the anatomical distribution and progressive course of AD pathology, some of the failures of promising therapeutic interventions, and suggests further testable hypotheses as well as novel approaches for intervention efforts.
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In situ oxidative catalysis by neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease: a central role for bound transition metals.

TL;DR: It is shown that neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques are major sites for catalytic redox reactivity and may thereby exert prooxidant or possibly antioxidant activities, depending on the balance among cellular reductants and oxidants in the local microenvironment.
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