Aging-Dependent Loss of Connectivity in Alzheimer's Model Mice with Rescue by mGluR5 Modulator

F Mandino, X Shen, G Desrosiers-Gregoire… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Amyloid accumulation in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with synaptic damage and
altered connectivity in brain networks. While measures of amyloid accumulation and …

Aging-associated cognitive decline is reversed by D-serine supplementation

L Nava-Gómez, I Calero-Vargas, F Higinio-Rodríguez… - Eneuro, 2022 - eneuro.org
Brain aging is a natural process that involves structural and functional changes that lead to
cognitive decline, even in healthy subjects. This detriment has been associated with NMDA …

Using multimodal MRI to investigate alterations in brain structure and function in the BBZDR/Wor rat model of type 2 diabetes

CM Lawson, KFG Rentrup, X Cai… - Animal Models and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background This is an exploratory study using multimodal magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) to interrogate the brain of rats with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) as compared to controls. It …

[HTML][HTML] Cingulate circuits are associated with escalation of heroin use and naloxone-induced increases in heroin self-administration

MJ Scarlata, RJ Keeley, SA Carmack, PJ Tsai… - Addiction …, 2022 - Elsevier
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is defined as a compulsion to seek and take opioids, loss of
control over intake and the development of a negative emotional state when access to …

Dose-dependent effects of GAT107, a novel allosteric agonist-positive allosteric modulator (ago-PAM) for the α7 nicotinic cholinergic receptor: a BOLD phMRI and …

BM Brems, EE Sullivan, JG Connolly, J Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7nAChR) agonists have been
developed to treat schizophrenia but failed in clinical trials due to rapid desensitization …

Diffusion tensor imaging-based studies at the group-level applied to animal models of neurodegenerative diseases

HP Müller, F Roselli, V Rasche… - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The understanding of human and non-human microstructural brain alterations in the course
of neurodegenerative diseases has substantially improved by the non-invasive magnetic …

Comparing brain activity patterns during spontaneous exploratory and cue-instructed learning using single photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging …

A Mannewitz, J Bock, S Kreitz, A Hess… - Brain Structure and …, 2018 - Springer
Learning can be categorized into cue-instructed and spontaneous learning types; however,
so far, there is no detailed comparative analysis of specific brain pathways involved in these …

Social bonding induces changes in brain functional connectivity in male and female monogamous voles: a longitudinal fMRI study

MF López-Gutiérrez, JJ Ortiz, FJ Camacho, LJ Young… - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Microtus ochrogaster, the prairie vole, has become a valuable rodent model to study
complex social behaviors, including enduring social bonding. Previous studies have related …

APOE4 rat model of Alzheimer's disease: sex differences, genetic risk and diet

B Colarusso, R Ortiz, J Yeboah, A Chang, M Gupta… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
The strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the Ɛ4 allele of
apolipoprotein E (ApoE ɛ4). A high fat diet also adds to the risk of dementia and AD. In …

Dysregulation of hippocampal adult-born immature neurons disrupts a brain-wide network for spatial memory

H Bao, Z Hu, S Lee, R Kolagani, THH Chao, YJ Luo… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Mounting evidence suggests that cognitive deficits associated with various neurological
disorders may arise in part from a small population of dysregulated adult-born neurons in …