2018
Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factor Pyk2 Mediates Amyloid-β-Induced Synaptic Dysfunction and Loss
Salazar SV, Cox TO, Lee S, Brody AH, Chyung AS, Haas LT, Strittmatter SM. Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factor Pyk2 Mediates Amyloid-β-Induced Synaptic Dysfunction and Loss. Journal Of Neuroscience 2018, 39: 758-772. PMID: 30518596, PMCID: PMC6343652, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1873-18.2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransgenic AD model miceAD model miceAbsence of Pyk2Synaptic dysfunctionModel miceHippocampal slicesSynaptic transmissionAlzheimer's diseaseAmyloid-β plaque pathologyHippocampal Schaffer collateral pathwayDisease riskLearning/memory deficitsDeletion of Pyk2Suppression of LTPBasal synaptic transmissionLate-onset Alzheimer's diseaseImpairment of learningSchaffer collateral pathwayAD-related synaptic dysfunctionAlzheimer's disease riskLate-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) riskOnset Alzheimer's diseaseAge-dependent lossMechanism of actionSynaptic LTD
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