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Immunohistochemical Visualization of Hippocampal Neuron Activity After Spatial Learning in a Mouse Model of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Published on: May 12, 2015
Learning discloses abnormal structural and functional plasticity at hippocampal synapses in the APP23 mouse model of
Silvia Middei1, Anna Roberto, Nicola Berretta
1CNR Institute for Neuroscience, S. Lucia Foundation, Rome 00143, Italy. s.middei@hsantalucia.it
Abstract:
B6-Tg/Thy1APP23Sdz (APP23) mutant mice exhibit neurohistological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease but show intact basal hippocampal neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity. Here, we examine whether spatial learning differently modifies the structural and electrophysiological properties of hippocampal synapses in APP23 and wild-type mice. While no genotypic difference was found in the pseudotrained mice, training elicited a stronger increase in spine density and a more rapid decay of long-term potentiation (LTP) in APP23 mutants. Thus, learning discloses mutation-related abnormalities regarding dendritic spine formation and LTP persistence, thereby suggesting that although unaltered in naïve synapses, plasticity becomes defective at the time it comes into play.
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