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Exploratory activity and spatial learning in 12-month-old APP(695)SWE/co+PS1/DeltaE9 mice with amyloid plaques.

Lalonde R, Kim HD, Maxwell JA, Fukuchi K

Université de Rouen, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 22 bld Gambetta, INSERM U614, IFRMP 23, Bâtiment de Recherche, 76183 Rouen Cedex, France. robert.lalonde@univ-rouen.fr

APP(695)SWE/co+PS1/DeltaE9 mice with Abeta plaques in neocortex and hippocampus were evaluated in tests of exploratory activity and spatial learning. On the initial testing day, 12-month-old APP(695)SWE/co+PS1/DeltaE9 mice spent more time than non-transgenic controls in the open arms of the elevated plus-maze. The bigenic group also travelled farther in the central region of the open-field without spending more time there. Only the bigenic group alternated above chance in the T-maze. In the Morris water maze, APP(695)SWE/co+PS1/DeltaE9 mice were impaired during acquisition of the hidden platform sub-task and the probe trial but not in the visible platform test. These results indicate a selective spatial deficit and disinhibitory tendencies in a mouse model with amyloid pathology.

Published 10 October 2005 in Neurosci Lett, 390(2): 87-92.
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