Learning Decreases Aβ*56 and Tau Pathology and Ameliorates Behavioral Decline in 3xTg-AD Mice

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Figure 2.

Longitudinal training improves MWM acquisition in the 3xTg-AD mice. Although all groups of experienced mice exhibited improved acquisition after repeated MWM training (A–D), this training effect was especially pronounced in 3xTg-AD mice. In particular, at 12 months of age, 3xTg-AD-h and 3xTg-AD-H mice were virtually indistinguishable from NonTg mice (A,C,D), whereas naive 3xTg-AD mice were severely impaired at every age after 6 months (C,D). However, at 15 months of age, 3xTg-AD mice were markedly impaired in MWM acquisition regardless of whether they had been previously trained or not. Specifically, at 15 months of age, homozygous 3xTg-AD mice showed significant acquisition deficits (D). However, a genotype effect was still present with hemizygous 3xTg-AD mice continuing to exhibit a training effect at 15 months of age (C). Each cluster of results represents the daily means across each group. Error bars indicate SE.

  1. The Journal of Neuroscience vol. 27 no. 4 751-761
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