[HTML][HTML] Disruption of Glucose Metabolism in Aged Octodon degus: A Sporadic Model of Alzheimer's Disease

P Cisternas, C Gherardelli, P Salazar… - Frontiers in Integrative …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… in sporadic AD-like pathology and as a potentially valuable … them is Octodon degus (degu),
a South American rodent with … 3 years old) and aged (5 and 6 years old) wild-type captive-…

[HTML][HTML] Wnt Signaling Pathway Dysregulation in the Aging Brain: Lessons From the Octodon degus

NC Inestrosa, C Tapia-Rojas, CB Lindsay… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
age and the appearance of different pathologies. Indeed, … can inhibit the formation of the
amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) aggregates; … SFRP-1 overexpression in an Alzheimer-like mouse model …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial maps and oscillations in the healthy hippocampus of Octodon degus, a natural model of sporadic Alzheimer's disease

M Mugnaini, D Polania, Y Diaz, M Ezquer, F Ezquer… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
… between the Octodon degus and laboratory rodents. First, … relationship with running speed
determine frequency bands (… AD-like pathology spontaneously exhibited by a fraction of aged

[HTML][HTML] Animal models of Alzheimer's disease: Applications, evaluation, and perspectives

ZY Chen, Y Zhang - Zoological Research, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… These animals can present with many pathological changes … Furthermore, there is no evidence
that human-like NFTs are … by inducing the expression of wild-type or mutant human tau in …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of synaptic and neurochemical remodeling in the retina of aging degus

LYL Chang, AO Ardiles, C Tapia-Rojas… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… Some pathological aspects associated with Aβ levels in the brain are synaptic dysfunction, …
the retina of animals with Aβ accumulation. We have employed the Octodon degus in which …

[HTML][HTML] A Multivariate Assessment of Age-Related Cognitive Impairment in Octodon degus

DS Rivera, CB Lindsay, CA Oliva… - Frontiers in Integrative …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… social rodent species Octodon degus (hereafter called degus… the natural aging process to
determine at what point aging … the impact of natural aging or pathological aging (such as AD) …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term social isolation stress exacerbates sex-specific neurodegeneration markers in a natural model of Alzheimer's disease

CA Oliva, M Lira, C Jara, A Catenaccio… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… in young degus (Octodon degus), a long-lived animal model … play a role in several pathologies
when activated. When present … Aβ release compared to wild-type mice. Although not the …

Revelations about aging and disease from unconventional vertebrate model organisms

Y Zhao, A Seluanov, V Gorbunova - Annual review of genetics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
… diseases, a major type of which is Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD was … The degu (Octodon
degus), a South American rodent, has … Many degus spontaneously develop AD-like pathologies

[HTML][HTML] Differential Role of Sex and Age in the Synaptic Transmission of Degus (Octodon degus)

CA Oliva, DS Rivera, TA Mariqueo… - Frontiers in Integrative …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… More studies are necessary to determine the relevance of these proteins in normal and
pathological conditions in this animal model or their influence by hormones like estradiol. The …

[HTML][HTML] Deconstructing Alzheimer's disease: how to bridge the gap between experimental models and the human pathology?

A Vignon, L Salvador-Prince, S Lehmann… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
… , prevent amyloid aggregation in wild-type mice. To deal with this … ; octodon degus, an
animal close to guinea pigs; and dogs (see Table 7). The injection of aluminum maltolate in aged