Abstract
The APOE-e{open}4 allele is associated with increased cognitive decline during normal aging and Alzheimer's disease. However, several studies intriguingly found a beneficial effect on cognition in young adult human APOE-e{open}4 carriers. Here, we show that 3-month old bigenic hAPP-Yac/apoE4-TR mice outperformed their hAPP-Yac/apoE3-TR counterparts on learning and memory performances in the highly hippocampus-dependent, hidden-platform version of the Morris water maze task. The two mouse lines did not differ in a non-spatial visible-platform version of the task. This hAPP-Yac/apoE-TR model may thus provide a useful tool to study the mechanisms involved in the antagonistic pleiotropic effects of APOE-e{open}4 on cognitive functions.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-5 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Behavioural Brain Research |
| Volume | 243 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 5 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Antagonist pleiotropic effect
- Apolipoprotein E
- Cognition
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Behavioral Neuroscience
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