Corticotrophin Releasing Factor Accelerates Neuropathology and Cognitive Decline in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease
Dong H, Murphy KM, Meng L, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Zeng Z, Kolber BJ, Zhang S, Muglia LJ, Csernansky JG. Corticotrophin Releasing Factor Accelerates Neuropathology and Cognitive Decline in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease 2012, 28: 579-592. PMID: 22045495, PMCID: PMC3494090, DOI: 10.3233/jad-2011-111328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnxietyBody WeightCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Cognition DisordersConditioning, PsychologicalCorticosteroneCorticotropin-Releasing HormoneDark AdaptationDendritic SpinesDisease Models, AnimalDoxycyclineEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayExploratory BehaviorFearGene Expression RegulationHumansMiceMice, TransgenicNeuronsPlaque, AmyloidProsencephalonReceptors, Corticotropin-Releasing HormoneSilver StainingTubulinConceptsCorticotrophin-releasing factorTransgenic mouse modelTriple transgenic mouse modelTT miceMouse modelMonths of ageAlzheimer's diseaseExpression of CRFChronic stressHuman amyloid-β protein precursorNovel transgenic mouse modelDendritic spine densityAmyloid-β protein precursorAnxiety-like behaviorAβPP genePyramidal neuronsSpine densityAmyloid depositionAmyloid metabolismCRF expressionFrontal cortexBehavioral deficitsDendritic branchingCognitive declineMice