Turnbull MT, Boskovic Z, Coulson EJ (2018) Acute down-regulation of BDNF signaling does not replicate exacerbated amyloid-β levels and cognitive impairment induced by cholinergic basal forebrain lesion. Front Mol Neurosci 11:51. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00051
Objective: To determine if degeneration of BFCNs causes a decrease in neurotrophin levels in innervated brain areas, which in turn promotes the development of Amyloid beta pathology and cognitive impairment.
Summary: Lesion of septo-hippocampal BFCNs in a pre-symptomatic transgenic amyloid AD mouse model (APP/PS1 mice) increases soluble Ab levels in the hippocampus, and induces cognitive deficits in a spatial memory task that are not seen in either unlesioned APP/PS1 or non-transgenic littermate control mice. Cognitive decline and Amyloid-beta pathology induced by cholinergic basal forebrain neuron loss occur independent of dysfunctional neuronal BDNF signaling, and may therefore be directly underpinned by reduced cholinergic neurotransmission.
Usage: To lesion BFCNs, a single infusion of murine p75-SAP or control rabbit IgG-SAP (0.4 mg/ml) was stereotaxically injected into the basal forebrain.
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