2013
Delayed amyloid plaque deposition and behavioral deficits in outcrossed AβPP/PS1 mice
Couch BA, Kerrisk ME, Kaufman AC, Nygaard HB, Strittmatter SM, Koleske AJ. Delayed amyloid plaque deposition and behavioral deficits in outcrossed AβPP/PS1 mice. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 2013, 521: 1395-1408. PMID: 23047754, PMCID: PMC3562562, DOI: 10.1002/cne.23239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAβPP/PS1 micePS1 micePlaque burdenPlaque depositionBehavioral deficitsRadial arm water maze performanceBehavioral impairmentsAlzheimer's diseaseAβPP processingPresenilin 1Amyloid-β precursor proteinLower plaque burdenProgressive neurodegenerative dementiaAmyloid plaque depositionAmyloid plaque accumulationAmyloid plaque burdenAD-like featuresNovel object recognitionWater maze performanceMonths of ageDendrite lossAD progressionNeurodegenerative dementiaPlaque accumulationMixed genetic background
2010
Memory Impairment in Transgenic Alzheimer Mice Requires Cellular Prion Protein
Gimbel DA, Nygaard HB, Coffey EE, Gunther EC, Laurén J, Gimbel ZA, Strittmatter SM. Memory Impairment in Transgenic Alzheimer Mice Requires Cellular Prion Protein. Journal Of Neuroscience 2010, 30: 6367-6374. PMID: 20445063, PMCID: PMC3323924, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0395-10.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransgenic miceAlzheimer's diseaseCellular prion proteinSpatial learningAD transgenic miceTransgenic AD modelTransgenic Alzheimer's micePrnp-/- miceAD-related phenotypesAmyloid-beta peptideAbeta accumulationAbeta plaquesAbeta levelsAD micePrion proteinAlzheimer's miceAxonal degenerationAPP expressionSynaptic markersHippocampal slicesDetectable impairmentEarly deathAD modelBehavioral impairmentsMemory impairment