The amyloid cascade hypothesis: an updated critical review

KP Kepp, NK Robakis, PF Høilund-Carlsen, SL Sensi… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Results from recent clinical trials of antibodies that target amyloid-β (Aβ) for Alzheimer's
disease have created excitement and have been heralded as corroboration of the amyloid …

APP mouse models for Alzheimer's disease preclinical studies

H Sasaguri, P Nilsson, S Hashimoto, K Nagata… - The EMBO …, 2017 - embopress.org
Animal models of human diseases that accurately recapitulate clinical pathology are
indispensable for understanding molecular mechanisms and advancing preclinical studies …

Practical considerations for choosing a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

JL Jankowsky, H Zheng - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2017 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is behaviorally identified by progressive memory impairment and
pathologically characterized by the triad of β-amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and …

Bioinorganic chemistry of Alzheimer's disease

KP Kepp - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) 1− 3 is the most common form of dementia (estimated∼ 50− 60%
of all cases), associated with loss of memory (in particular episodic memory), cognitive …

Intraneuronal β-amyloid aggregates, neurodegeneration, and neuron loss in transgenic mice with five familial Alzheimer's disease mutations: potential factors in …

H Oakley, SL Cole, S Logan, E Maus… - Journal of …, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
Mutations in the genes for amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilins (PS1, PS2)
increase production of β-amyloid 42 (Aβ42) and cause familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) …

Transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease: An integrative analysis

R Sanchez-Varo, M Mejias-Ortega… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) constitutes the most prominent form of dementia among elderly
individuals worldwide. Disease modeling using murine transgenic mice was first initiated …

Motor deficits, neuron loss, and reduced anxiety coinciding with axonal degeneration and intraneuronal Aβ aggregation in the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's …

S Jawhar, A Trawicka, C Jenneckens, TA Bayer… - Neurobiology of …, 2012 - Elsevier
In the present report, we extend previous findings in the 5XFAD mouse model and
demonstrate that these mice develop an age-dependent motor phenotype in addition to …

Neuron loss in the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease correlates with intraneuronal Aβ42 accumulation and Caspase-3 activation

WA Eimer, R Vassar - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2013 - Springer
Background Although the mechanism of neuron loss in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is
enigmatic, it is associated with cerebral accumulation of Aβ 42. The 5XFAD mouse model of …

Animal models of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia

J Götz, LM Ittner - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2008 - nature.com
Insoluble protein aggregates have been linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and
frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Recent work in transgenic mice has shed light on the role of …

The history of the cholinergic hypothesis

A Contestabile - Behavioural brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
The cholinergic hypothesis of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease has been for
decades a “polar star” for studies on dementia and neurodegenerative diseases. Aim of the …