APPsw Transgenic Mice Develop Age-related Aβ Deposits and Neuropil Abnormalities, but no Neuronal Loss in CA1

MC Irizarry, M McNamara, K Fedorchak… - … of Neuropathology & …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
The recent availability of transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer disease has allowed direct
in vivo assessment of the molecular and neuropathological effects of cerebral amyloid …

Characterization of amyloid deposition in the APPswe/PS1dE9 mouse model of Alzheimer disease

M Garcia-Alloza, EM Robbins, SX Zhang-Nunes… - Neurobiology of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Transgenic mice carrying disease-linked forms of genes associated with Alzheimer disease
often demonstrate deposition of the β-amyloid as senile plaques and cerebral amyloid …

Early formation of mature amyloid‐β protein deposits in a mutant APP transgenic model depends on levels of Aβ1–42

E Rockenstein, M Mallory, M Mante… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The main objective of the present study was to develop an alternative singly‐transgenic (tg)
hAPP model where amyloid deposition will occur at an earlier age. For this purpose, we …

A transgenic rat that develops Alzheimer's disease-like amyloid pathology, deficits in synaptic plasticity and cognitive impairment

L Liu, IJ Orozco, E Planel, Y Wen, A Bretteville… - Neurobiology of …, 2008 - Elsevier
In the last decade, multiple lines of transgenic APP overexpressing mice have been created
that recapitulate certain aspects of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, none of the …

Normal cognitive behavior in two distinct congenic lines of transgenic mice hyperexpressing mutant APPSWE

AV Savonenko, GM Xu, DL Price, DR Borchelt… - Neurobiology of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Amyloid deposition appears to be an early and crucial event in Alzheimer's disease (AD). To
generate animal models of AD, mice expressing full-length amyloid precursor protein (APP) …

Aβ deposition is associated with neuropil changes, but not with overt neuronal loss in the human amyloid precursor protein V717F (PDAPP) transgenic mouse

MC Irizarry, F Soriano, M McNamara… - Journal of …, 1997 - Soc Neuroscience
The PDAPP transgenic mouse overexpresses human amyloid precursor protein V717F
(PDAPP minigene) and develops age-related cerebral amyloid-β protein (Aβ) deposits …

Transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

KD Bornemann, M Staufenbiel - … of the New York Academy of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology is characterized by Aβ peptide‐containing plaques,
neurofibrillary tangles consisting of hyperphosphorylated tau, extensive neuritic …

Hippocampal neuron loss exceeds amyloid plaque load in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

C Schmitz, BPF Rutten, A Pielen, S Schäfer… - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
According to the “amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease,” β-amyloid is the primary
driving force in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. Despite the development of many …

Amyloid precursor protein transgenic mouse models and Alzheimer's disease: understanding the paradigms, limitations, and contributions

TA Kokjohn, AE Roher - Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2009 - Elsevier
Transgenic (Tg) mice that overexpress mutant familial Alzheimer's disease (AD) amyloid
precursor protein (APP) genes have contributed to an understanding of dementia pathology …

APP transgenic mice: their use and limitations

C Balducci, G Forloni - Neuromolecular medicine, 2011 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease is the most widespread form of dementia. Its histopathological
hallmarks include vascular and extracellular β-amyloid (Aβ) deposition and intraneuronal …