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BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 1249, 期 -, 页码 222-228出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.10.029
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Alzheimer's disease; Transgenic; Acetylcholine; Memory
Acetylcholine (ACh) release is one of the key factors in memory mechanisms. To clarify whether beta-amyloid (A beta) induces a disturbance of the cholinergic system leading to memory impairment, we examined memory impairment and measured hippocampal ACh release in Tg2576 (Tg) mice that over-express the Swedish mutant amyloid precursor protein (APPsw). Further-more, we examined A beta burden with aging. Tg mice aged 911 months, but not aged 4-6 months, showed memory impairment in the 8-arm radial maze behavior test. Spontaneous ACh release was not altered in Tg mice compared with age-matched control mice at 4-6 or 9-11 months of age. On the other hand, high-K+-evoked ACh release was decreased in Tg mice aged 9-11 months, but not in Tg mice aged 4-6 months. Hippocampal A beta increased in an age-dependent manner, but evident amyloid plaques were not found in the hippocampus of Tg mice aged 11 months. These results suggest that memory impairment in Tg mice could be attributed to cholinergic synapse dysfunction that could not be caused predominantly by amyloid plaques. Measuring ACh release in this model might be a useful index for the screening of new drugs to treat the early-phase of Alzheimer's disease. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
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