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NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
卷 25, 期 4, 页码 483-490出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(03)00122-2
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acetylcholine; Alzheimer's disease; A beta; long-term memory; passive-avoidance task; APPsw mice
To clarify whether amyloid beta protein (Abeta) amyloidosis induces a disturbance of cholinergic system leading to long-term memory deficits, we continuously examined memory disturbance using the passive-avoidance task, and measured Abeta burden and concentrations of acetylcholine in the brain of APPsw transgenic mice. Repetitive retention trials of the passive-avoidance task showed that the long-term memory impairment in APPsw mice appeared from similar to7.75 months old and progressively advanced. Significant decreases in acetylcholine levels were found in the brains of 10-month-old mice. A few senile plaques appeared in the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus at 8 months old, and increased in size and number with aging. The concentrations of brain Abeta40/42(43) gradually increased from 8 months old and exponentially increased thereafter. Advance of long-term memory disturbance was closely correlated with Abeta40/42(43) burden. These findings suggested that Abeta accumulation induced long-term memory impairment and disturbance of the cholinergic system, and that the passive-avoidance task and measuring acetylcholine were useful methods for evaluating this mouse model as well as Abeta accumulation. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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