nervous system
• expression of an App gene carrying the Swedish and London mutations using a viral expression system (for neuronal production of amyloid beta) in neurons from mutants does not depress AMPAR-mediated synaptic transmission as it does in wild-type neurons
• mice exhibit normal basal synaptic transmission in hippocampal slices, and normal LTP, even in the presence of amyloid beta 42 assemblies
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• hippocampal slices treated with 1 uM synthetic amyloid beta 42 assemblies are resistant to amyloid beta treatment and do not show amyloid beta-triggered synaptic depression as seen in wild-type slices
• hippocampal slices fail to show induction of long term depression (LTD) with an NMDAR-dependent protocol under partial NMDAR blockade and there is no facilitation of LTD following amyloid beta treatment
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