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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
Dominant mutations in the Presenilin 1 gene are linked to an aggressive, early-onset form of familial Alzheimer's Disease (FAD). Spatial memory of transgenic (Tg) mice expressing either mutant (lines Tg(M146L)1, Tg(M146L)76, Tg(L286V)198) or wild type (line Tg(PS1wt)195) human PS1 transgenes was investigated in the Morris water maze (WM) test at 6 and 9 months of age. The results showed that the mutated Tg mice had increased swim speed when compared to non-Tg littermates or Tg PS1 wild type mice. The swim speed difference did not, however, significantly affect the spatial learning in the WM test and all groups showed comparable search paths during training and similar spatial bias during probe trials. When re-tested at 9 months, all mice showed significantly improved learning acquisition of spatial information. The lack of progressive spatial learning impairment in mice expressing the mutated human PS1 transgene in the WM does not preclude impairments in other cognitive tasks but suggests that full phenotypic expression of mutant PS1 alleles may require co-expression of human versions of other AD-associated genes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0197-4580
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
541-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Cognition, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Discrimination Learning, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Exploratory Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Maze Learning, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Presenilin-1, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Space Perception, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Swimming, pubmed-meshheading:10924767-Transgenes
pubmed:articleTitle
Spatial learning in transgenic mice expressing human presenilin 1 (PS1) transgenes.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Toronto, Tanz Neuroscience Building, 6 Queen's Park Cr. W., M5S 3H2, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. janus@psych.utoronto.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't