Publications by authors named "Yu Jung Jang"

Background: Obesity is a modifiable risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its relation with tau pathology (i.e.

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most-common cause of neurodegenerative dementia, and it is characterized by abnormal amyloid and tau accumulation, which indicates neurodegeneration. AD has mostly been diagnosed clinically. However, ligand-specific positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, such as amyloid PET, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers are needed to accurately diagnose AD, since they supplement the shortcomings of clinical diagnoses.

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Circadian disruption often involves a neurodegenerative disorder, such as Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal dementia, which are characterized by intraneuronal tau accumulations. The altered sleep pattern and diurnal rhythms in these disorders are the results of tau pathology. The circadian disturbance in reverse is thought to develop and potentially aggravate the condition.

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This study evaluated the anti-obesity effects of Artemisia capillaris extracts in high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese rats. After six weeks feeding with HFD, Wistar male rats (12-weeks-old) were divided into three groups: HFD-control group and HFD mixed with 0.4% and 0.

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Excessive and prolonged secretion of adrenal glucocorticoids leads to a wide range of pathophysiological processes, including depression. Glucocorticoids, which act at glucocorticoid receptors (GR), are key regulators of the limbic hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis. In the present study, the antidepressant-like effects of the alcohol extract Cortex Mori Radicis (CMR) and its role in GR signalling were investigated.

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