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ArticleGenes, brain, and behavior2014

Abnormal vibrissa-related behavior and loss of barrel field inhibitory neurons in 5xFAD transgenics.

T J Flanigan, Y Xue, S Kishan Rao, A Dhanushkodi, M P McDonald

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Article in Genes, brain, and behavior, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
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59 citing papers in PubMed, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

T J FlaniganDepartment of Neurology.
Y XueDepartment of Neurology.
S Kishan RaoDepartment of Neurology.
A DhanushkodiDepartment of Neurology.
M P McDonaldDepartment of Neurology.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

Chronic sialidase effects on amyloid aggregation and associated pathologyR01AG031253 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI MCDONALD, MICHAEL P · 2009 to 2010
$945k
GD3 synthase gene therapy to improve memory and prevent neurodegenerationR01AG040230 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI MCDONALD, MICHAEL P · 2011 to 2013
$905k
Dietary glycomacropeptide (GMP) for neuroprotection and cognitive enhancementR21AG041935 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI MCDONALD, MICHAEL P · 2012 to 2013
$389k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A recent study reported lower anxiety in the 5xFAD transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, as measured by reduced time on the open arms of an elevated plus maze. This is important because all behaviors in experimental animals must be interpreted in light of basal anxiety and response to novel environments. We conducted a comprehensive anxiety battery in the 5xFAD transgenics and replicated the plus-maze phenotype. However, we found that it did not reflect reduced anxiety, but rather abnormal avoidance of the closed arms on the part of transgenics and within-session habituation to the closed arms on the part of wild-type controls. We noticed that the 5xFAD transgenics did not engage in the whisker-barbering behavior typical of mice of this background strain. This is suggestive of abnormal social behavior, and we suspected it might be related to their avoidance of the closed arms on the plus maze. Indeed, transgenic mice exhibited excessive home-cage social behavior and impaired social recognition, and did not permit barbering by wild-type mice when pair-housed. When their whiskers were snipped the 5xFAD transgenics no longer avoided the closed arms on the plus maze. Examination of parvalbumin (PV) staining showed a 28.9% reduction in PV+ inhibitory interneurons in the barrel fields of 5xFAD mice, and loss of PV+ fibers in layers IV and V. This loss of vibrissal inhibition suggests a putatively aversive overstimulation that may be responsible for the transgenics' avoidance of the closed arms in the plus maze.

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Social BehaviorAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsBrainInterneuronsMaze LearningMicePhenotypePresenilin-1VibrissaeAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorPresenilin-1presenilin 1, mouseAlzheimer's diseaseanxietybehaviorcognitionhippocampusmemoryneocortexneurodegenerationsubiculumtransgenic mice

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PMCPMC4170055
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