behavior/neurological
• at 3 and 6 months of age, mice do not distinguish between old and new objects in the object recognition test
• at 12-14 months of age, however, the non-spatial memory deficit seen in the object recognition test disappears
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• during the acquisition phase of the Morris water maze, 12 month old mutants do not learn as well as wild-type mice
• during the probe phase of the Morris water maze, 3, 6, and 12-14 month old mice are unable to remember the target quadrant
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homeostasis/metabolism
• amyloid beta immunoreactive clusters in dystrophic neurites are seen to a similar extent in the hippocampus as in single Tg(CMV-IgkvaD11)BCat mice at 3 months of age, however by 6 months, the number of amyloid beta immunoreactive clusters is increased two-fold, but then is similar to single transgenics at 12-14 months of age, indicating acceleration of the amyloidogenic process
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nervous system
• amyloid beta immunoreactive clusters in dystrophic neurites are seen to a similar extent in the hippocampus as in single Tg(CMV-IgkvaD11)BCat mice at 3 months of age, however by 6 months, the number of amyloid beta immunoreactive clusters is increased two-fold, but then is similar to single transgenics at 12-14 months of age, indicating acceleration of the amyloidogenic process
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• phosphorylated tau is seen in neurons of the lateral entorhinal cortex, the neocortex and the hippocampus at 12-14 months of age, but not at earlier times; somatodendritic localization of phosphorylated tau is not observed
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• mice show decreased numbers of ChAT-positive neurons only in the medial septum/diagonal band of Broca at 12-14 months of age
• normal numbers of ChAT-positive neurons are seen in the nucleus basalis of Meynert at 3, 6, and 12-14 months of age and in the medial septum/diagonal band of Broca at 3, and 6 months of age, indicating some protection from cholinergic neurodegeneration at early stages
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