Article
Early brain amyloidosis in APP/PS1 mice with serum insulin-like growth factor-I deficiency.
Neuroscience letters - 16 Feb 2012
Poirier R, Fernandez A M, Torres-Aleman I, Metzger F
Abstract excerpt
The influence of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) on the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is discussed controversially. To help clarify the role of this circulating neurotrophic factor in brain amyloidosis, the major pathological trait in AD, we analyzed plaque formation in a mouse model of AD transgenic for human APP and PS1 mutations with reduced serum IGF-I levels (LIDAD mice). We found that brain...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Aging
- Alzheimer Disease
- Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
- Amyloidosis
- Animals
- Brain
- Female
- Gliosis
- Humans
- Inflammation
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
