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Tau Depletion in APP Transgenic Mice Attenuates Task-Related Hyperactivation of the Hippocampus and Differentially Influences Locomotor Activity and Spatial Memory

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, March 2018
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Title
Tau Depletion in APP Transgenic Mice Attenuates Task-Related Hyperactivation of the Hippocampus and Differentially Influences Locomotor Activity and Spatial Memory
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, March 2018
DOI 10.3389/fnins.2018.00124
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Misato Yoshikawa, Yoshiyuki Soeda, Makoto Michikawa, Osborne F. X. Almeida, Akihiko Takashima

Abstract

Hippocampal hyperactivity, ascribed to amyloid β (Aβ)-induced imbalances in neural excitation and inhibition, is found in patients with mild cognitive impairment, a prodromal stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD). To better understand the relationship between hippocampal hyperactivity and the molecular triggers of behavioral impairments in AD, we used Mn-enhanced MRI (MEMRI) to assess neuronal activity after subjecting mice to a task requiring spatial learning and memory. Depletion of endogenous tau in an amyloid precursor protein (APP) transgenic (J20) mouse line was shown to ameliorate hippocampal hyperactivity in J20 animals, tau depletion failed to reverse memory deficits associated with APP/Aβ overproduction. On the other hand, deletion of tau alleviated the hyperlocomotion displayed by APP transgenics, suggesting that the functional effects of Aβ-tau interactions reflect the temporal appearance of these molecules in individual brain areas.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 41 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 20%
Researcher 5 12%
Student > Master 4 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 10%
Student > Bachelor 4 10%
Other 8 20%
Unknown 8 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 13 32%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 5%
Unspecified 1 2%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 14 34%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 March 2018.
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#3,623,572
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Outputs from Frontiers in Neuroscience
#3,051
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#70,834
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Neuroscience
#61
of 242 outputs
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