2023
Interrogating the Etiology of Sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease Using Aging Rhesus Macaques: Cellular, Molecular, and Cortical Circuitry Perspectives
Datta D. Interrogating the Etiology of Sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease Using Aging Rhesus Macaques: Cellular, Molecular, and Cortical Circuitry Perspectives. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2023, 78: 1523-1534. PMID: 37279946, PMCID: PMC10460555, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glad134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimate dorsolateral prefrontal cortexSporadic Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseDorsolateral prefrontal cortexRhesus macaquesPrefrontal cortexSignificant risk factorsHuman Alzheimer's diseaseAspartic acid (NMDA) receptorsNonhuman primate modelNovel therapeutic strategiesCalcium-buffering proteinsPattern of pathologyInflammatory cascadeTau pathologyNeuropathological cascadeSynaptic dysfunctionRisk factorsPrimate modelNeurofibrillary tanglesAmyloid plaquesDendritic spinesTherapeutic strategiesGenetic predispositionAnimal models
2020
Hypothesis: Tau pathology is an initiating factor in sporadic Alzheimer's disease
Arnsten AFT, Datta D, Del Tredici K, Braak H. Hypothesis: Tau pathology is an initiating factor in sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2020, 17: 115-124. PMID: 33075193, PMCID: PMC7983919, DOI: 10.1002/alz.12192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAgingAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBrainHumansMacaca mulattaMiddle AgedTau ProteinsTauopathiesConceptsAbnormal tau phosphorylationTau pathologyProjection neuronsTau phosphorylationAssociation cortexAlzheimer's diseaseBrain tau pathologySporadic Alzheimer's diseaseSusceptible microenvironmentCalcium dysregulationVulnerable neuronsAβ plaquesAβ productionSporadic formsSAD pathologyRhesus monkeysAbnormal phosphorylationPathological eventsDiseaseAβ oligomersPathologyNeuronsVicious cycleCortexTau
2014
Functional Maturation of GABA Synapses During Postnatal Development of the Monkey Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex
Gonzalez-Burgos G, Miyamae T, Pafundo D, Yoshino H, Rotaru D, Hoftman G, Datta D, Zhang Y, Hammond M, Sampson A, Fish K, Ermentrout G, Lewis D. Functional Maturation of GABA Synapses During Postnatal Development of the Monkey Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex. Cerebral Cortex 2014, 25: 4076-4093. PMID: 24904071, PMCID: PMC4626828, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dioneAge FactorsAlpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic AcidAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCalcium Channel BlockersExcitatory Amino Acid AgonistsExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsFemaleGABA AntagonistsGamma-Aminobutyric AcidInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsLysineMacaca mulattaModels, NeurologicalNeuronsOmega-Agatoxin IVAPrefrontal CortexPyridazinesSynapsesConceptsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexSynapse densityPyramidal cellsPrepubertal ageParvalbumin-positive GABA neuronsMonkey dorsolateral prefrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexPrimate dorsolateral prefrontal cortexInhibitory synapse densityInhibitory postsynaptic currentsAdult macaque monkeysCortical network activityDevelopment of GABAYoung adult ageDlPFC circuitsGamma frequency oscillationsGABA neuronsGABA synapsesInhibitory synaptogenesisPostsynaptic currentsPeripubertal periodSynaptic appositionsGamma band powerMacaque monkeysFunctional maturationDevelopmental Expression Patterns of GABAA Receptor Subunits in Layer 3 and 5 Pyramidal Cells of Monkey Prefrontal Cortex
Datta D, Arion D, Lewis D. Developmental Expression Patterns of GABAA Receptor Subunits in Layer 3 and 5 Pyramidal Cells of Monkey Prefrontal Cortex. Cerebral Cortex 2014, 25: 2295-2305. PMID: 24610118, PMCID: PMC4494034, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGABAA receptor subunitsPyramidal cellsMonkey prefrontal cortexReceptor subunitsSubunit expressionLayer 3 pyramidal cellsGABAA receptor subunit expressionPrefrontal cortexGABAA receptor subunit mRNAsLayer 5 pyramidal cellsReceptor subunit changesPrefrontal pyramidal neuronsReceptor subunit expressionPyramidal neuron activityGlutamate receptor subunitsReceptor subunit mRNAsPyramidal cell firingPostnatal developmental changesPyramidal neuronsGABAA receptorsInhibitory inputsNeuron activityFunctional maturationPostnatal developmentCell firing