Aged wild-type and APP, PS1, and APP+PS1 mice present similar deficits in associative learning and synaptic plasticity independent of amyloid load

Neurobiology of Disease

M.D. Muñoz¹  J.M. Delgado-García²  J.C. López-Ramos²  A. Gruart² 

[1] Departamento de Investigación, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, 28034 Madrid, Spain;División de Neurociencias, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Sevilla, Spain;

关键词: CA3–CA1 synapse;    Eyeblink;    Hippocampus;    Old mice;    Long-term potentiation;    Prepulse inhibition;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Wild-type and single-transgenic (APP, PS1) and double-transgenic (APP+PS1) mice were studied at three different (3-, 12-, and 18-month-old) age periods. Transgenic mice had reflex eyelid responses like those of controls, but only 3-month-old mice were able to fully acquire conditioned eyeblinks, using a trace paradigm, whilst 12-month-old wild-type and transgenic mice presented intermediate values, and 18-month-old wild-type and transgenic mice were unable to acquire this type of associative learning. 18-month-old wild-type and transgenic mice presented a normal synaptic activation of CA1 pyramidal cells by the stimulation of Schaffer collaterals, but they did not show any activity-dependent potentiation of the CA3–CA1 synapse across conditioning sessions, as was shown by 3-month-old wild-type mice. Moreover, 18-month-old wild-type and transgenic mice presented a noticeable deficit in long-term potentiation evoked in vivo at the hippocampal CA3–CA1 synapse. The 18-month-old wild-type and transgenic mice also presented a significant deficit in prepulse inhibition as compared with 3-month-old controls. Except for results collected by prepulse inhibition, the above-mentioned deficits were not related with the presence of amyloid β deposits. Thus, learning and memory deficits observed in aged wild-type and transgenic mice are not directly related to the genetic manipulations or to the presence of amyloid plaques.

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