Using mice to model Alzheimer's dementia: an overview of the clinical disease and the preclinical behavioral changes in 10 mouse models

SJ Webster, AD Bachstetter, PT Nelson… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The goal of this review is to discuss how behavioral tests in mice relate to the pathological
and neuropsychological features seen in human Alzheimer's disease (AD), and present a …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and prevention: the brain, neural pathology, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors, tau protein and other risk …

S Kocahan, Z Doğan - Clinical Psychopharmacology and …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The characteristic features of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are the appearance of extracellular
amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the intracellular environment …

Amyloid-β plaques enhance Alzheimer's brain tau-seeded pathologies by facilitating neuritic plaque tau aggregation

Z He, JL Guo, JD McBride, S Narasimhan, H Kim… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and
intracellular tau inclusions. However, the exact mechanistic link between these two AD …

Pathological α-synuclein transmission initiates Parkinson-like neurodegeneration in nontransgenic mice

KC Luk, V Kehm, J Carroll, B Zhang, P O'Brien… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Parkinson's disease is characterized by abundant α-synuclein (α-Syn) neuronal inclusions,
known as Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, and the massive loss of midbrain dopamine …

A comprehensive behavioral test battery to assess learning and memory in 129S6/Tg2576 mice

A Wolf, B Bauer, EL Abner, T Ashkenazy-Frolinger… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Transgenic Tg2576 mice overexpressing human amyloid precursor protein (hAPP) are a
widely used Alzheimer's disease (AD) mouse model to evaluate treatment effects on amyloid …

Assessment of spontaneous alternation, novel object recognition and limb clasping in transgenic mouse models of amyloid-β and tau neuropathology

CJ Miedel, JM Patton, AN Miedel, ES Miedel… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2017 - jove.com
Here we describe a staged, behavioral testing approach that can be used to screen for
compounds that exhibit in vivo efficacy on cognitive and functional motor behaviors in …

The microtubule-stabilizing agent, epothilone D, reduces axonal dysfunction, neurotoxicity, cognitive deficits, and Alzheimer-like pathology in an interventional study …

B Zhang, J Carroll, JQ Trojanowski, Y Yao… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), are characterized by
insoluble deposits of hyperphosphorylated tau protein within brain neurons. Increased …

β-amyloid oligomers induce phosphorylation of tau and inactivation of insulin receptor substrate via c-Jun N-terminal kinase signaling: suppression by omega-3 fatty …

QL Ma, F Yang, ER Rosario, OJ Ubeda… - Journal of …, 2009 - Soc Neuroscience
Both insulin resistance (type II diabetes) and β-amyloid (Aβ) oligomers are implicated in
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we investigate the role of Aβ oligomer-induced c-Jun N …

IL-6 regulation of synaptic function in the CNS

DL Gruol - Neuropharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence supports a role for glial-produced neuroimmune factors,
including the cytokine IL-6, in CNS physiology and pathology. CNS expression of IL-6 has …

The antioxidant mechanisms underlying the aged garlic extract‐and S‐allylcysteine‐induced protection

AL Colín-González, RA Santana… - Oxidative medicine …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aged garlic extract (AGE) is an odorless garlic preparation containing S‐allylcysteine (SAC)
as its most abundant compound. A large number of studies have demonstrated the …