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ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2026

Microglia-Neuron Interactions in Alzheimer's Disease.

Yujie Ma, Xinyue Wang, Minghuang Gao, Yeze Lin, Qini Chen, Hongyin Yang, Cong Yang, Qi Wang

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Review in Current neuropharmacology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yujie MaScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, China.
Xinyue WangDepartment of Oncology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510655, China.
Minghuang GaoScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, China.
Yeze LinScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, China.
Qini ChenScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, China.
Hongyin YangScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, China.
Cong YangScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, China.
Qi WangScience and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, China.

Funding

Guangdong Provincial Basic and Applied Basic Research Fund 2022A1515220121National Natural Science Foundation of China 82274616
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive disease characterized by significant cognitive decline, posing a substantial threat to life. Neuronal loss and dysfunction are responsible for the cognitive decline and behavioral disturbances observed in AD. Microglia are increasingly recognized for shaping the fate of neurons. However, the role of microglia-neuron interaction in neuronal degeneration of AD remains largely unclear. This review discusses microglia-mediated excessive synaptic pruning and microglia-neuron metabolic coupling in the neuronal degeneration of AD. It also summarizes the role of microglia-neuron interactions in classical pathogenic hypotheses such as the amyloid cascade, tau protein, neuroinflammation, and metal ions. It is found that microglia can serve as protectors of neurons, yet they also exacerbate neuronal damage under stress stimulation. This bidirectional modulation of microglia-neuron interaction provides a novel direction for rescuing AD neurons.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseMicrogliaNeuronsAnimalsHumansNeuronal PlasticityAlzheimer’s diseaseclassical hypothesismetabolic couplingmicroglianeuronal degenerationsynaptic pruning

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PMID40873277
PMCPMC13270112

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