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ArticleAPL bioengineering2025

Frequency and duration of sensory flicker control transcriptional profiles in 5xFAD mice.

Sara Bitarafan, Alyssa F Pybus, Felix G Rivera Moctezuma, Mohammad Adibi, Tina C Franklin, Annabelle C Singer, Levi B Wood

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Article in APL bioengineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Mohammad AdibiSchool of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9754-1965
Tina C FranklinWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-3499
Annabelle C SingerWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6003-0488

Funding

Neuron and microglia-specific proteomic signatures of ERK mediated mechanisms of Alzheimer’s diseaseR01AG075820 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI RANGARAJU, SRIKANT, SEYFRIED, NICHOLAS THOMAS · 2021 to 2025
$5.1M
Non-Invasive Methods to Drive Neural Activity with Millisecond Precision and to Recruit the Brain’s Immune CellsR01NS109226 · NINDS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Annabelle Catherine Singer · 2018 to 2026
$2.7M
Hippocampal interneurons in novel memory formation in health and Alzheimer's diseaseRF1AG078736 · NIA · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SINGER, ANNABELLE CATHERINE · 2022 to 2025
$2.5M
T32 CTEng (Cellular and Tissue Engineering) Training ProgramT32GM145735 · NIGMS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Edward A. Botchwey, Andres J Garcia · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
Gamma Sensory Flicker as an Early Intervention for Alzheimer’s Disease: Mechanisms and Protective EffectsRF1NS109226 · NINDS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SINGER, ANNABELLE CATHERINE · 2023 to 2024
$2.2M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG075820NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG078736NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145735NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS109226NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS109226
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Abstract

Current clinical trials are investigating gamma frequency sensory stimulation as a potential therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's disease (AD); yet, we lack a comprehensive picture of the effects of this stimulation on multiple aspects of brain function. We previously showed that exposing mice to visual flickering stimulation increased mitogen activated protein kinase and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells signaling in the visual cortex (VC) in a manner dependent on the duration and frequency of stimulation. Because these pathways control multiple neuronal and glial functions, here we aimed to define the transcriptional effects of different frequencies and durations of audiovisual flicker (AV flicker) stimulation on multiple brain functions. Within the VC, we found that all stimulation frequencies caused fast activation of a module of immune genes within 0.5 h and slower suppression of synaptic genes after 4 h. In the hippocampus, we found that a 20 Hz AV flicker activated a module of genes associated with mitochondrial function, metabolism, and synaptic translation, while 10 Hz rapidly suppressed a module of genes linked to neurotransmitter activity. Collectively, our data indicate that the frequency and duration of AV flicker stimulation control immune, neuronal, and metabolic genes in multiple regions of the brain affected by AD.

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