Abstract
Environmental factors including chronic stress may play a critical role in the manifestation of Alzheimers disease (AD).This review summarizes our studies of the aggravation of the impaired cognitive ability and its cellular and molecular correlates by chronic psychosocial stress and prevention by nicotine in an Aβ rat model of AD. We utilized three approaches: learning and memory tests in the radial arm water maze, electrophysiological recordings of the cellular correlates of memory, long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD), in anesthetized rats, and immunoblot analysis of synaptic plasticity- and cognition-related signaling molecules. The Aβ rat model, representing the sporadic form of established AD, was induced by continuous i.c.v. infusion of a pathogenic dose of Aβ peptides via a 14- day osmotic pump. In this AD model, chronic stress intensified cognitive deficits, accentuated the disruption of signaling molecules levels and produced greater depression of LTP than what was seen with Aβ infusion alone. Chronic treatment with nicotine was highly efficient in preventing the effects of Aβ infusion and the exacerbating impact of chronic stress. Possible mechanisms for the effect of chronic stress are discussed.
Keywords: Rat AD model, amyloid-beta, learning and memory, signaling molecules, synaptic plasticity, chronic nicotine, chronic stress, A rat model, glucocorticoids
Current Neuropharmacology
Title: Chronic Stress and Alzheimers Disease-Like Pathogenesis in a Rat Model: Prevention by Nicotine
Volume: 9 Issue: 4
Author(s): Karim A. Alkadhi
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Keywords: Rat AD model, amyloid-beta, learning and memory, signaling molecules, synaptic plasticity, chronic nicotine, chronic stress, A rat model, glucocorticoids
Abstract: Environmental factors including chronic stress may play a critical role in the manifestation of Alzheimers disease (AD).This review summarizes our studies of the aggravation of the impaired cognitive ability and its cellular and molecular correlates by chronic psychosocial stress and prevention by nicotine in an Aβ rat model of AD. We utilized three approaches: learning and memory tests in the radial arm water maze, electrophysiological recordings of the cellular correlates of memory, long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD), in anesthetized rats, and immunoblot analysis of synaptic plasticity- and cognition-related signaling molecules. The Aβ rat model, representing the sporadic form of established AD, was induced by continuous i.c.v. infusion of a pathogenic dose of Aβ peptides via a 14- day osmotic pump. In this AD model, chronic stress intensified cognitive deficits, accentuated the disruption of signaling molecules levels and produced greater depression of LTP than what was seen with Aβ infusion alone. Chronic treatment with nicotine was highly efficient in preventing the effects of Aβ infusion and the exacerbating impact of chronic stress. Possible mechanisms for the effect of chronic stress are discussed.
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A. Alkadhi Karim, Chronic Stress and Alzheimers Disease-Like Pathogenesis in a Rat Model: Prevention by Nicotine, Current Neuropharmacology 2011; 9 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157015911798376307
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157015911798376307 |
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