2020
Chronic head injury promotes tau and amyloid‐beta pathology and accelerates cognitive decline in a humanized knock‐in model of Alzheimer's disease
Chiasseu M, Fesharaki A, Saito T, Saido T, Strittmatter S. Chronic head injury promotes tau and amyloid‐beta pathology and accelerates cognitive decline in a humanized knock‐in model of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2020, 16 DOI: 10.1002/alz.047623.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMild traumatic brain injuryChronic head injuryHead injuryMorris water maze testAmyloid-beta pathologyAccumulation of amyloidAge-matched miceWater maze testTraumatic brain injuryNovel object recognitionProtein gene mutationsEnvironmental risk factorsAlzheimer's disease symptomsIba1 expressionCortical AβAlzheimer pathologyPhospho-tauClinical manifestationsAD pathologyCortical impactorAD pathogenesisRisk factorsBrain injuryApp NLMaze testGene-environment interaction promotes Alzheimer's risk as revealed by synergy of repeated mild traumatic brain injury and mouse App knock-in
Chiasseu M, Fesharaki-Zadeh A, Saito T, Saido TC, Strittmatter SM. Gene-environment interaction promotes Alzheimer's risk as revealed by synergy of repeated mild traumatic brain injury and mouse App knock-in. Neurobiology Of Disease 2020, 145: 105059. PMID: 32858147, PMCID: PMC7572902, DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.105059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMild traumatic brain injuryTraumatic brain injuryAlzheimer's diseaseBrain injuryGene-environment interactionsMild closed head injuryMorris water maze testAge-matched wild-type controlsStrong unmet needAccumulation of amyloidAge-matched miceClosed head injuryWater maze testNovel object recognitionPersistent cognitive deficitsProtein gene mutationsIba1 expressionWild-type controlsPhospho-tauClinical manifestationsAD pathologyAD symptomsHead injuryAD pathogenesisRisk factors
2015
Fyn inhibition rescues established memory and synapse loss in Alzheimer mice
Kaufman AC, Salazar SV, Haas LT, Yang J, Kostylev MA, Jeng AT, Robinson SA, Gunther EC, van Dyck CH, Nygaard HB, Strittmatter SM. Fyn inhibition rescues established memory and synapse loss in Alzheimer mice. Annals Of Neurology 2015, 77: 953-971. PMID: 25707991, PMCID: PMC4447598, DOI: 10.1002/ana.24394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseTransgenic miceGlu receptorsAPP/PS1 transgenic miceAPP/PS1 miceMemory deficitsEffective disease-modifying agentsAD mouse modelPS1 transgenic miceAD transgenic miceDisease-modifying agentsTau transgenic miceWeeks of treatmentPrecursor protein metabolismSpatial memory deficitsNovel object recognitionMorris water mazeBrain slice assaysAZD0530 treatmentMicroglial activationPS1 miceVehicle treatmentSynapse lossAlzheimer's miceAD pathology
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