It was in the 1980s that research on somatostatin(SST)in Alzheimer’s disease(AD)truly gained traction,demonstrating consistent colocalization with amyloid-β(Aβ),along with massive SST/SST cell losses(Almeida,2024)....It was in the 1980s that research on somatostatin(SST)in Alzheimer’s disease(AD)truly gained traction,demonstrating consistent colocalization with amyloid-β(Aβ),along with massive SST/SST cell losses(Almeida,2024).Although the field already had some grasp over the neuroendocrine and hypothalamic functions of the peptide,very little was known about the GABAergic interneurons(SST-INs)that synthesize it in cortical/hippocampal regions.Quite excitingly,over 40 years later,research has grown effervescent.展开更多
文摘It was in the 1980s that research on somatostatin(SST)in Alzheimer’s disease(AD)truly gained traction,demonstrating consistent colocalization with amyloid-β(Aβ),along with massive SST/SST cell losses(Almeida,2024).Although the field already had some grasp over the neuroendocrine and hypothalamic functions of the peptide,very little was known about the GABAergic interneurons(SST-INs)that synthesize it in cortical/hippocampal regions.Quite excitingly,over 40 years later,research has grown effervescent.