Human-like rodent amyloid-β-peptide determines Alzheimer pathology in aged wild-type Octodon degu

NC Inestrosa, AE Reyes, MA Chacón, W Cerpa… - Neurobiology of …, 2005 - Elsevier
It is generally accepted that human Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology markers are
completely absent in rodent brains. We report here that an aged wild-type South American …

Age-related brain pathology in Octodon degu: blood vessel, white matter and Alzheimer-like pathology

T van Groen, I Kadish, N Popović, M Popović… - Neurobiology of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Recently it has been shown that over 3-year-old wild-type South American rodents, Octodon
degus, the “common degu” or degu, of their own accord develop Alzheimer's disease …

Age and damage induced changes in amyloid protein precursor immunohistochemistry in the rat brain

JG Beeson, ER Shelton, HW Chan… - Journal of Comparative …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the extensive deposition of the 42‐amino‐acid
β‐amyloid or A4 protein in neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles within the brain. This …

Age-related changes of Alzheimer's disease-associated proteins in cynomolgus monkey brains

N Kimura, K Tanemura, S Nakamura… - Biochemical and …, 2003 - Elsevier
We characterized senile plaques (SPs) immunohistochemically in cynomolgus monkey
brains and also examined age-related biochemical changes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

β-Amyloid protein precursor inmicrocebus murinus: genotyping and brain localization

S Silhol, A Calenda, V Jallageas… - Neurobiology of …, 1996 - Elsevier
Senile plaques characterized by β-amyloid protein (Aβ) deposits around dystrophic neurites
and glial cells are more abundant in the cerebral cortical parenchyma of Alzheimer's …

Co-localization of β-amyloid peptides, apolipoprotein E and glial markers in senile plaques in the prefrontal cortex of old rhesus monkeys

W Härtig, G Brückner, C Schmidt, K Brauer, G Bodewitz… - Brain research, 1997 - Elsevier
Based on the homology of human and monkey amyloid precursor proteins and the derived β-
amyloid peptides (Aβ) the investigation of brains from old monkeys might be useful for the …

Dissecting the pathological effects of human Aβ40 and Aβ42 in Drosophila: A potential model for Alzheimer's disease

K Iijima, HP Liu, AS Chiang, SA Hearn… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides in the brain has been suggested to be the primary
event in sequential progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we use Drosophila to …

[HTML][HTML] Primate-like amyloid-β sequence but no cerebral amyloidosis in aged tree shrews

M Pawlik, E Fuchs, LC Walker, E Levy - Neurobiology of aging, 1999 - Elsevier
A central pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease is the profuse deposition of amyloid-β
protein (Aβ) in the brain parenchyma and vessel walls. Aβ also forms deposits in the brains …

Amyloid-β peptide and oligomers in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of aged canines.

E Head, V Pop, F Sarsoza, R Kayed… - Journal of …, 2010 - content.iospress.com
The study of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis requires the use of animal models that
develop some amount of amyloid pathology in the brain. Aged canines (beagles) naturally …

β-Amyloid (Aβ) deposition in the brains of aged orangutans

M Gearing, J Tigges, H Mori, SS Mirra - Neurobiology of aging, 1997 - Elsevier
While aged monkeys of several species show cerebral amyloid deposition in senile plaques
and blood vessels similar to that seen in human aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) …