期刊
NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
卷 59, 期 4-5, 页码 268-275出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.04.007
关键词
Multiphoton imaging; Amyloid; Alzheimer's disease; Dendritic spine; Calcium homeostasis; Microglial cells
资金
- American Health Assistance Foundation [A2010612]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS056359, R01NS048045, R37NS037585, R01NS054770, R01NS037585, R21NS080064, R01NS051195, R01NS081986, R03NS065725, R01NS043142] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE [R01DA025967] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Amyloid-beta (A beta) deposition is a defining feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The toxicity of A beta aggregation is thought to contribute to clinical deficits including progressive memory loss and cognitive dysfunction. Therefore, A beta peptide has become the focus of many therapeutic approaches for the treatment of AD due to its central role in the development of neuropathology of AD. In the past decade, taking the advantage of multiphoton microscopy and molecular probes for amyloid peptide labeling, the dynamic progression of A beta aggregation in amyloid plaques and cerebral amyloid angiopathy has been monitored in real time in transgenic mouse models of AD. Moreover, amyloid plaque-associated alterations in the brain including dendritic and synaptic abnormalities, changes of neuronal and astrocytic calcium homeostasis, microglial activation and recruitment in the plaque location have been extensively studied. These studies provide remarkable insight to understand the pathogenesis and pathogenicity of amyloid plaques in the context of AD. The ability to longitudinally image plaques and related structures facilitates the evaluation of therapeutic approaches targeting toward the clearance of plaques. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
作者
我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。
推荐
暂无数据