BETA-AMYLOID PROTEIN-INDUCED ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE ANIMAL-MODEL

被引:254
作者
NITTA, A
ITOH, A
HASEGAWA, T
NABESHIMA, T
机构
[1] NAGOYA UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOL,SHOWA KU,NAGOYA,AICHI 466,JAPAN
[2] NAGOYA UNIV,HOSP PHARM,SCH MED,SHOWA KU,NAGOYA,AICHI 466,JAPAN
关键词
BETA-AMYLOID PROTEIN; ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; MEMORY; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; WATER MAZE; RAT;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(94)90239-9
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
To investigate the toxicity of beta-amyloid protein which consisted of senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease (AD), this was infused into cerebral ventricle for 14 days by using mini-osmotic pump. The performance of the water maze task in beta-amyloid protein-treated rats was impaired. Choline acetyltransferase activity significantly decreased in the frontal cortex and hippocampus. These results suggest that the deposition of beta-amyloid protein in the brain is related to the impairment of learning and cholinergic neuronal degeneration, and that beta-amyloid protein-treated rats could be used as an animal model for AD.
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