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Generation of aggregated beta-amyloid in the rat hippocampus impairs synaptic transmission and plasticity and causes memory deficits.

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We injected a combination of the beta-amyloids (Abetas) Abeta40 and Abeta43 to "seed" formation of amyloid deposits in the dorsal dentate gyrus of rats in vivo, on the basis of a theory of Jarrett and Landsbury (1993). Rats were tested on several different learning tasks, and synaptic transmission and plasticity were assessed in vivo. Between 7 and 16 weeks after injection, we found aggregated amyloid material, reactive astrocytosis, microgliosis, and cell loss around the sites of injection. Rats were impaired specifically in working memory type tasks in accordance with the type of memory deficit observed in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Synaptic transmission and long-term potentiation, a candidate cellular mechanism for memory, were severely impaired in vivo. Injections of the same dose of fragments individually did not induce these effects. These findings suggest that aggregated amyloid material induces cognitive deficits similar to those observed in the early phases of Alzheimer's disease via an alteration in neuronal transmission and plasticity.
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hal-02537886 , version 1 (09-04-2020)

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Aline Stéphan, Serge Laroche, Sabrina Davis. Generation of aggregated beta-amyloid in the rat hippocampus impairs synaptic transmission and plasticity and causes memory deficits.. Journal of Neuroscience, 2001, 21 (15), pp.5703-14. ⟨hal-02537886⟩
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