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
2021
Studies of aging nonhuman primates illuminate the etiology of early‐stage Alzheimer's‐like neuropathology: An evolutionary perspective
Arnsten AFT, Datta D, Preuss TM. Studies of aging nonhuman primates illuminate the etiology of early‐stage Alzheimer's‐like neuropathology: An evolutionary perspective. American Journal Of Primatology 2021, 83: e23254. PMID: 33960505, PMCID: PMC8550995, DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTau pathologyAssociation cortexAlzheimer's diseaseTau phosphorylationNMDAR-NR2BRhesus monkeysCognitive deficitsMonkey dorsolateral prefrontal cortexAlzheimer-like neuropathologyInternal calcium releaseGenetic mouse modelsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexSynaptic lossNeurofibrillary tanglesAmyloid plaquesMouse modelEarly molecular eventsSporadic formsAutosomal dominant formCalcium releasePerfusion fixationCortexPrefrontal cortexNonhuman primatesPathology
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 ResearchConceptsAbnormal 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
Developmental 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