Animal models of Alzheimer disease: historical pitfalls and a path forward

SE Cavanaugh, JJ Pippin, ND Barnard - ALTEX-Alternatives to animal …, 2014 - altex.org
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a medically and financially overwhelming condition, and
incidence rates are expected to triple by 2050. Despite decades of research in animal …

Opportunities and challenges in developing relevant animal models for Alzheimer's disease

FG De Felice, DP Munoz - Ageing research reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
A major impediment to the development of safe and effective therapeutics in Alzheimer's
disease (AD) lies in difficulties in translating research findings across species: therapies that …

Accelerating drug discovery for Alzheimer's disease: best practices for preclinical animal studies

DW Shineman, GS Basi, JL Bizon, CA Colton… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2011 - Springer
Animal models have contributed significantly to our understanding of the underlying
biological mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). As a result, over 300 interventions have …

Animal models of Alzheimer's disease: preclinical insights and challenges

QQ Xu, W Yang, M Zhong, ZX Lin, NE Gray… - Acta Materia …, 2023 - scienceopen.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD), an irreversible neurodegenerative disease that progressively
impairs memory and cognitive judgment, severely affects the quality of life and imposes a …

Animal systems in the development of treatments for Alzheimer's disease: challenges, methods, and implications

JJ Sabbagh, JW Kinney, JL Cummings - Neurobiology of aging, 2013 - Elsevier
Substantial resources and effort have been invested into the development of therapeutic
agents for Alzheimer's disease (AD) with mixed and limited success. Research into the …

Translational animal models for Alzheimer's disease: an Alzheimer's association business consortium think tank

MP Vitek, JA Araujo, M Fossel… - … Research & Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Over 5 million Americans and 50 million individuals worldwide are living with Alzheimer's
disease (AD). The progressive dementia associated with AD currently has no cure. Although …

Rodent models for Alzheimer disease

J Götz, LG Bodea, M Goedert - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
Animal models are indispensable tools for Alzheimer disease (AD) research. Over the
course of more than two decades, an increasing number of complementary rodent models …

From a mouse: systematic analysis reveals limitations of experiments testing interventions in Alzheimer's disease mouse models

KJ Egan, HM Vesterinen, V Beglopoulos… - Evidence‐based …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) poses a considerable socio‐
economic challenge. Decades of experimental research have not led to the development of …

Leveraging preclinical models for the development of Alzheimer disease therapeutics

K Scearce-Levie, PE Sanchez… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
A large number of mouse models have been engineered, characterized and used to
advance biomedical research in Alzheimer disease (AD). Early models simply damaged the …

Animal models of Alzheimer disease

FM LaFerla, KN Green - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Significant insights into the function of genes associated with Alzheimer disease and related
dementias have occurred through studying genetically modified animals. Although none of …