NIH R01 · 2024
Altered ENS Neuroimmune Interactions Disrupt Gastrointestinal Motility in Alzheimers Disease
Abstract Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders including constipation and fecal incontinence are commonly found in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia. These same disorders are also frequently encountered in the elderly, raising the possibility that a common process may underlie gut disturbances for both AD and aging. In humans with AD and AD animal models, amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques, one of the disease hallmarks, have been detected in the enteric nervous system (ENS), an autonomous branch of the peripheral nervous system that spans the GI tract and regulates gut motility. Aβ gut accumulation appears to cause ENS neuroinflammation and impaired gut contractility…
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