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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85912-0
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- Alfred Dollwet Foundation
- Focus Program Translational Neurosciences (FTN)
- Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz fur Innovation [961-386261/_1129]
- Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation
This study found altered temporal distributions in the spontaneous activity of visual cortex neurons in a mouse model of familial Alzheimer's disease before plaque formation. Graph theory analysis revealed distinct network topology in 5xFAD microcircuits compared to healthy controls, with a re-balancing of network measures after treatment and reversal of behavioral deficits and synaptic increase. Graph theory shows translational value as a multi-level tool for assessing treatments, exploring mechanisms, and contributing to early diagnosis.
Aberrant activity of local functional networks underlies memory and cognition deficits in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Hyperactivity was observed in microcircuits of mice AD-models showing plaques, and also recently in early stage AD mutants prior to amyloid deposition. However, early functional effects of AD on cortical microcircuits remain unresolved. Using two-photon calcium imaging, we found altered temporal distributions (burstiness) in the spontaneous activity of layer II/III visual cortex neurons, in a mouse model of familial Alzheimer's disease (5xFAD), before plaque formation. Graph theory (GT) measures revealed a distinct network topology of 5xFAD microcircuits, as compared to healthy controls, suggesting degradation of parameters related to network robustness. After treatment with acitretin, we observed a re-balancing of those network measures in 5xFAD mice; particularly in the mean degree distribution, related to network development and resilience, and post-treatment values resembled those of age-matched controls. Further, behavioral deficits, and the increase of excitatory synapse numbers in layer II/III were reversed after treatment. GT is widely applied for whole-brain network analysis in human neuroimaging, we here demonstrate the translational value of GT as a multi-level tool, to probe networks at different levels in order to assess treatments, explore mechanisms, and contribute to early diagnosis.
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