Early Locus Coeruleus noradrenergic axon loss drives olfactory dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease

Abstract Alzheimer’s disease (AD) often begins with non-cognitive symptoms such as olfactory deficits, which can predict later cognitive decline, though the mechanisms remain unclear. Pathologically, the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC), the main source of the neurotransmitter noradrenalin (NA) modula...

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Main Authors: Carolin Meyer, Theresa Niedermeier, Paul L. C. Feyen, Felix L. Strübing, Boris-Stephan Rauchmann, Katerina Karali, Johanna Gentz, Yannik E. Tillmann, Nicolas F. Landgraf, Svenja-Lotta Rumpf, Katharina Ochs, Karin Wind-Mark, Gloria Biechele, Jessica Wagner, Selim Guersel, Carolin I. Kurz, Meike Schweiger, Danilo Prtvar, Yuan Shi, Richard B. Banati, Guo-Jun Liu, Ryan J. Middleton, Gerda Mitteregger-Kretzschmar, Robert Perneczky, Thomas Koeglsperger, Jonas J. Neher, Sabina Tahirovic, Matthias Brendel, Jochen Herms, Lars Paeger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62500-8
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