Practical considerations for choosing a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

JL Jankowsky, H Zheng - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2017 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is behaviorally identified by progressive memory impairment and
pathologically characterized by the triad of β-amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and …

Sex difference in evolution of cognitive decline: studies on mouse model and the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network cohort

RP Kommaddi, A Verma, G Muniz-Terrera… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Women carry a higher burden of Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared to men, which is not
accounted entirely by differences in lifespan. To identify the mechanisms underlying this …

Cognitive and non‐cognitive behaviors in an APPswe/PS1 bigenic model of Alzheimer's disease

M Filali, R Lalonde, S Rivest - Genes, Brain and Behavior, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Neuropsychiatric signs are critical in primary caregiving of Alzheimer patients and yet have
been relatively ignored in murine models. In the present study, APPswe/PS1 bigenic mice …

Thy1‐hAPPLond/Swe+ mouse model of Alzheimer's disease displays broad behavioral deficits in sensorimotor, cognitive and social function

M Faizi, PL Bader, N Saw, TVV Nguyen… - Brain and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is an age‐
dependent progressive neurodegenerative disorder. β‐amyloid, a metabolic product of the …

Age-related changes in the behavior of apolipoprotein E knockout mice

D Fuentes, N Fernández, Y García, T García… - Behavioral …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The knockout mouse model, B6. 129P2-Apoetm1Unc is homozygotic for the Apolipoprotein
E (ApoE) deletion; thus, it is capable of developing hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis but …

Age related weight loss in female 5xFAD mice from 3 to 12 months of age

WH Gendron, E Fertan, S Pelletier, KM Roddick… - Behavioural Brain …, 2021 - Elsevier
In addition to cognitive decline, patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) exhibit sensory,
motor, and neuropsychiatric deficits. Many AD patients also show weight loss, suggesting …

Olfactory delayed matching to sample performance in mice: sex differences in the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

KM Roddick, HM Schellinck, RE Brown - Behavioural brain research, 2014 - Elsevier
While olfactory delayed matching-to-sample tasks have been used to assess working
memory in rats, no such tasks have been tested in mice. Olfactory delayed matching-to …

3xTgAD mice exhibit altered behavior and elevated Aβ after chronic mild social stress

SM Rothman, N Herdener, S Camandola, SJ Texel… - Neurobiology of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Chronic stress may be a risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), but most
studies of the effects of stress in models of AD utilize acute adverse stressors of …

Age and sex differences in motivation and spatial working memory in 3xTg-AD mice in the Hebb–Williams maze

E Fertan, AA Wong, NA Vienneau, RE Brown - Behavioural Brain Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has both amyloid beta plaque and
tau tangle pathology. However, the results of behavioural testing with these mice have been …

Lifelong chronic psychosocial stress induces a proteomic signature of Alzheimer's disease in wildtype mice

CE Lyons, X Zhou, M Razzoli, M Chen… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Late onset, sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) accounts for the vast majority of cases. Unlike
familial AD, the factors that drive the onset of sporadic AD are poorly understood, although …