期刊
HIPPOCAMPUS
卷 24, 期 7, 页码 762-772出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22267
关键词
amyloid plaques; behavioral assessment; gliosis; hippocampus; olfactory tubing maze
资金
- Aix-Marseille University
- CNRS
- French National Research Agency (ANR, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, TIMPAD)
- French National Research Agency (ANR, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, ADHOC)
- European league against Alzheimer's disease (LECMA, Ligue Europeenne contre la Maladie d'Alzheimer)
- Fonds Europeen de Developpement Regional FEDER
- PACA
- Fondation Plan Alzheimer
The 5XFAD mice are an early-onset transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in which amyloid plaques are first observed between two and four months of age in the cortical layer five and in the subiculum of the hippocampal formation. Although cognitive alterations have been described in these mice, there are no studies that focused on the onset of hippocampus-dependent memory deficits, which are a hallmark of the prodromal stage of AD. To identify when the first learning and memory impairments appear, 5XFAD mice of two, four, and six months of age were compared with their respective wild-type littermates using the olfactory tubing maze, which is a very sensitive hippocampal-dependent task. Deficits in learning and memory started at four months with a substantial increase at six months of age while no olfactory impairments were observed. The volumetric study using magnetic resonance imaging of the whole brain and specific areas (olfactory bulb, striatum, and hippocampus) did not reveal neuro-anatomical difference. Slight memory deficits appeared at 4 months of age in correlation with an increased astrogliosis and amyloid plaque formation. This early impairment in learning and memory related to the hippocampal dysfunction is particularly suited to assess preclinical therapeutic strategies aiming to delay or suppress the onset of AD. (c) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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