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Stereotaxic Infusion of Oligomeric Amyloid-beta into the Mouse Hippocampus
Published on: June 17, 2015
Impaired neurotransmitter systems by Abeta amyloidosis in APPsw transgenic mice overexpressing amyloid beta protein
Y Tomidokoro1, Y Harigaya, E Matsubara
1Department of Neurology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-22Showamachi, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. tomidoko@med.gunma-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
APPsw transgenic mice showing substantial features of brain Abeta amyloidosis such as senile plaques and behavioral abnormalities were examined by immunostaining to determine whether Abeta deposits could induce the subsequent disturbance of neurotransmitter systems including somatostatin, substance P and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), which are prominent in the Alzheimer's disease brain. Somatostatin, substance P and ChAT disappeared in the areas of senile plaque and were accumulated in dystrophic neurites around the amyloid cores. These findings suggest a potential role of brain Abeta amyloidosis in disturbance of the neurotransmitter systems leading to memory disturbance of Alzheimer's disease.
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