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Aging-Related Memory Disorders

Alzheimer’s Disease

From Mechanisms of Memory by J. David Sweatt, Ph.D.

Amyloid Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles

Image by Poul Jorgensen, Claus Bus, Niels Pallisgaard, Marianne Bryder, and Arne Lund Jorgensen

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Crystal Structure of Amyloid Beta Peptide

Watson et al (1998) Biochemistry 37:12700-12706.

Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP)

Price, Sisodia and Borchelt (1998) Science 282:1079-1083.

Tg 2576 Tg 2576 +PS1 A246E

PS1 A246E FAD Mutant Transgene Accelerates Amyloid Plaque Pathology in Tg2576 Transgenic Mice

Dineley et al (2002) J. Biol Chem. 277:22768-22780.

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Wild Type n=9PS-1 M146L n=6

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Dineley et al (2002) J. Biol Chem. 277:22768-22780.

Diagnosing AD

a: Neuritic Plaquesb: Diffuse Plaquesc: Neurofibrillary Tanglesd. Amyloid in blood vessel walls

Khachaturian and Radebaugh (1996). Boca Raton: CRC Press.

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From Wang et al. (2000) The Journal of Biological Chemistry 275: 5626-5632.

The Cholinergic Hypothesis of AD

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