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Upcoming Supplementary Issue: Omics Approaches in Alzheimer's Disease Research (Guest Editor: Sudeshna Das). Click the visual for details in the Calls for Papers (PDF) (opens in a new tab). Submission deadline: July 31, 2023

A 25-year-old patient experienced an extremely early onset of bvFTD with frontal-temporal atrophy on T1 and hypometabolism on FDG-PET, however, no Aβ and tau protein deposition was found on AV45 and PI2620 PET. From Chu et al., JAD90(3).

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Edited by Giulio M. Pasinetti, this book (AIAD Vol.9) is a compilation of work by researchers intent on exploring the complex role of the gut microbiome in Alzheimer’s disease. For details & to order, click the image or go here

Analysis of multi-shell DW-MRI reveals significant effects of disease stage on diffusion-derived measures of tissue integrity. Specific WM tracts show decreased apparent fiber density (AFD) and fiber bundle cross-section (FC). From Giraldo et al., JAD90(4).

The 2022 Alzheimer Award goes to Yonas E. Geda, MD, and Janina Krell-Roesch, PhD, as co-authors of the winning JAD paper that presents important findings on the impact of physical activity on cognitive change in older adults. For details, go to: j-alz.com/award

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p-tau181-positive axons overlap with parvalbumin-expressing interneurons with disrupted myelin sheets in APPNLGF. Brains were stained with antibodies against parvalbumin (magenta), p-tau181 (green), myelin basic protein (cyan) and FSB for Aβ plaques (blue). From Hirota et al., JAD93(3).

This new book, edited by Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas, is a compilation of work by researchers intent on revealing the links between air pollution and neurodegeneration. For details & to order, click the image or go here

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A new model of tau pathology spread in the medial temporal lobe according to the adult neurogenesis theory of Alzheimer's disease. DG, dentate gyrus; EC, entorhinal cortex; TEC, trans-entorhinal cortex; CA, cornu ammonis. From Abbate, JAD93(4).

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Localization of axon initial segment (TRIM46, magenta) astrocytes (glial fibrillary acidic protein; GFAP, yellow), somatodendritic compartment (MAP2, cyan), and nuclei (Hoechst, blue) in primary wild type mouse cortical neuron cultures. From Best et al., JAD93(4).

FKBP52 is decreased at asymptomatic stages of the neurodegenerative process in rare neurons exhibiting deposits of the early Tau P422 isoform, both in the frontal cortex of Braak IV Alzheimer’s patients and spinal cord of 1-month-old P301S mice. From Meduri et al., JAD94(1).