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Brain
January 2025
Medical Research Council Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Prion Diseases, London, W1W 7FF, UK.
Prions are assemblies of misfolded prion protein that cause several fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative diseases, with the most common phenotype in humans being sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). Aside from variation of the prion protein itself, molecular risk factors are not well understood. Prion and prion-like mechanisms are thought to underpin common neurodegenerative disorders meaning that the elucidation of mechanisms could have broad relevance.
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January 2025
National Neuroscience Institute, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, Singapore.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterised by progressive neurodegeneration with the formation of amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tau tangles in the brain parenchyma. The causes of AD have been attributed to a combination of age-related changes within the brain as well as genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors. However, a recent study by Banerjee et al.
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January 2025
Department of Biological Sciences, Andong National University, Andong 36729, Republic of Korea.
Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases that can be transmitted by infectious protein particles, PrPs, encoded by the endogenous prion protein gene (). The origin of prion seeds is unclear, especially in non-human hosts, and this identification is pivotal to preventing the spread of prion diseases from host animals. Recently, an abnormally high amyloid propensity in prion proteins (PrPs) was found in a frog, of which the genetic variations in the gene have not been investigated.
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January 2025
Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Electronic address:
Background: Investigating brain metabolic networks is crucial for understanding the pathogenesis and functional alterations in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). However, studies on presymptomatic individuals remain limited. This study aimed to examine metabolic network topology reconfiguration in asymptomatic carriers of the PRNP G114V mutation.
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January 2025
Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, ICM, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France.
Objective: To describe peripheral neuropathy associated with familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Methods: We report two unrelated patients with genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with demyelinating peripheral neuropathy as initial presentation, with a comprehensive clinical, electrophysiological and neuropathological description.
Results: Both patients exhibited gait disturbance and paresthesia.
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