کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
329136 1433601 2011 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A lifespan MRI evaluation of ventricular enlargement in normal aging mice
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی سالمندی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
A lifespan MRI evaluation of ventricular enlargement in normal aging mice
چکیده انگلیسی

Ventricular enlargement has been proposed as a structural biomarker for the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). This biomarker, established in human patients, needs to be translated to animals to facilitate drug development for the disease. However, ventricular enlargement is not exclusive to AD, since the ventricle size increases during normal aging. A longitudinal characterization of ventricular enlargement in normal aging in mice is therefore crucial before further evaluations of mouse models or neurodegenerative diseases associated to brain atrophy. To this end, ventricular enlargement in normal aging mice was characterized over the lifespan (i.e., 2 years). The results showed that the overall ventricle size increased with age, with the expansion beginning during the early life stages and continuing to old age. The reported data represent a biomarker benchmark for normal aging mice under unmodified conditions. This provides a foundation for evaluating the validity of AD mouse models or the effects of potential drugs. The considerable physiological ventricular enlargement during normal aging must be considered in related experiments.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Neurobiology of Aging - Volume 32, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 2299–2307
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