2015
Brivaracetam, but not ethosuximide, reverses memory impairments in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model
Nygaard HB, Kaufman AC, Sekine-Konno T, Huh LL, Going H, Feldman SJ, Kostylev MA, Strittmatter SM. Brivaracetam, but not ethosuximide, reverses memory impairments in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2015, 7: 25. PMID: 25945128, PMCID: PMC4419386, DOI: 10.1186/s13195-015-0110-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAPP/PS1 miceSpike-wave dischargesAD mouse modelDisease mouse modelPS1 miceAmyloid precursor proteinMouse modelMemory impairmentDisease miceEpileptiform activitySurrogate markerTransgenic Alzheimer's disease miceAlzheimer's disease mouse modelSynaptic vesicle protein 2AAberrant network activityAlzheimer's disease miceReliable surrogate markerSpatial memory impairmentTransgenic mouse modelWidespread neuronal dysfunctionSpatial memory functionTransgenic mouse strainAntiepileptic drug ethosuximideIntroductionRecent studiesAD mice
2010
Genetic reduction of striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) reverses cognitive and cellular deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model
Zhang Y, Kurup P, Xu J, Carty N, Fernandez SM, Nygaard HB, Pittenger C, Greengard P, Strittmatter SM, Nairn AC, Lombroso PJ. Genetic reduction of striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) reverses cognitive and cellular deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 19014-19019. PMID: 20956308, PMCID: PMC2973892, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1013543107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStriatal-enriched tyrosine phosphataseTyrosine phosphataseDisease mouse modelStriatal-enriched phosphataseAlzheimer's diseaseCellular deficitsGenetic manipulationNMDA receptorsMouse modelTriple transgenic AD mouse modelIncurable neurodegenerative disorderTransgenic AD mouse modelAlzheimer's disease mouse modelPathophysiology of ADSTEP inhibitorGenetic reductionAD mouse modelHuman AD patientsSoluble Aβ oligomersSynaptic functionPhosphataseNeurodegenerative disordersAD patientsDevastating disorderAnimal models