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Impaired hippocampal functions underlying memory encoding and consolidation precede robust Aβ deposition in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Li, H.; Zhao, Z.; Fassini, A.; Lee, H. K.; Green, R. J.; Gomperts, S. N.

2024-10-21 neuroscience
10.1101/2024.05.26.595168 bioRxiv
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Current therapeutic strategies for Alzheimers disease (AD) target amyloid-beta (A{beta}) fibrils and high molecular weight protofibrils associated with plaques, but molecular cascades associated with AD may drive neural systems failure before A{beta} plaque deposition in AD. Employing hippocampal electrophysiological recordings and dynamic calcium imaging across the sleep-wake cycle in a freely behaving mouse model of AD before A{beta} plaques accumulated, we detected marked impairments of hippocampal systems function: In a spatial behavioral task, phase-amplitude coupling (PAC) of the hippocampal theta and gamma oscillations was impaired and place cell calcium fluctuations were hyper-synchronized with the theta oscillation. These changes were not observed in REM sleep. In subsequent slow wave sleep (SWS), place cell reactivation was reduced. These degraded neural functions underlying memory encoding and consolidation support targeting pathological processes of the pre-plaque phase of AD to treat and prevent hippocampal impairments.

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