The circadian system in Alzheimer's disease: Disturbances, mechanisms, and opportunities

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 333-339

  Coogan, Andrew N ^a   Schutová, Barbora ^b   Husung, Susanne ^b   Furczyk, Karolina ^b   Baune, Bernhard T ^c   Kropp, Peter ^b   Häßler, Frank ^b   Thome, Johannes ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; chronotherapy; circadian; dementia; SCN; sleep

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORE TEMPERATURE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FOREBRAIN; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WELLBEING;

EID: 84882270256     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.11.021     Document Type: Review

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