Not exact matches
It also revealed
synaptic loss in three patients
with epilepsy compared to healthy individuals.
According to Riken, the finding suggests that impaired retrieval of memories, rather than poor storage or encoding, may be behind the hallmark memory
loss associated
with early Alzheimer's disease, and points to the
synaptic connectivity between memory cells as being crucial for the retrieval of memories.
Pathological hallmarks of AD, including plaques and
loss of
synaptic markers, are readily apparent at nine months of age in huAPP / PS1 mice along
with clear deficits in spatial memory when compared to wild type controls [7, 10, 11, 31].
mThy1 - AS mice administered only control IgG1 suffered dendritic atrophy (as suggested by reduced staining
with MAP2) and
synaptic loss (evaluated
with postsynaptic density - 95 (PSD - 95) and synaptophysin) across several regions of the brain, but this neurodegenerative damage was substantially prevented in mice administered 1H7, 5C1, or 9E4.
The rise in C3 protein level correlated
with decreases in
synaptic puncta and synaptophysin densities and
synaptic protein, neuron
loss, and reduced
synaptic plasticity.
We have previously shown ex-vivo its beneficial effect on
synaptic transmission and plasticity in a mouse model of the OPHN1
loss of function.Here, we report that chronic treatment in adult mouse
with Fasudil, is able to counteract vertical and horizontal hyperactivities, restores recognition memory and limits the brain ventricular dilatation observed in Ophn1 - / y However, deficits in working and spatial memories are partially or not rescued by the treatment.
Her research interest is in neurodegenerative disease, specifically in the
synaptic loss associated
with Alzheimer's disease, and mechanisms of learning, memory, and consciousness.