Impaired Dynamics of Positional and Contextual Neural Coding in an Alzheimer's Disease Rat Model

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=2CDiffrDXt" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=2CDiffrDXt</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-231386" target="_blank" >10.3233/JAD-231386</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Impaired Dynamics of Positional and Contextual Neural Coding in an Alzheimer's Disease Rat Model

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

BACKGROUND: The hippocampal representation of space, formed by the collective activity of populations of place cells, is considered as a substrate of spatial memory. Alzheimer&apos;s disease (AD), a widespread severe neurodegenerative condition of multifactorial origin, typically exhibits spatial memory deficits among its early clinical signs before more severe cognitive impacts develop. OBJECTIVE: To investigate mechanisms of spatial memory impairment in a double transgenic rat model of AD. METHODS: In this study, we utilized 9-12-month-old double-transgenic TgF344-AD rats and age-matched controls to analyze the spatial coding properties of CA1 place cells. We characterized the spatial memory representation, assessed cells&apos; spatial information content and direction-specific activity, and compared their population coding in familiar and novel conditions. RESULTS: Our findings revealed that TgF344-AD animals exhibited lower precision in coding, as evidenced by reduced spatial information and larger receptive zones. This impairment was evident in maps representing novel environments. While controls instantly encoded directional context during their initial exposure to a novel environment, transgenics struggled to incorporate this information into the newly developed hippocampal spatial representation. This resulted in impairment in orthogonalization of stored activity patterns, an important feature directly related to episodic memory encoding capacity. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the results shed light on the nature of impairment at both the single-cell and population levels in the transgenic AD model. In addition to the observed spatial coding inaccuracy, the findings reveal a significantly impaired ability to adaptively modify and refine newly stored hippocampal memory patterns.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Impaired Dynamics of Positional and Contextual Neural Coding in an Alzheimer's Disease Rat Model

Popis výsledku anglicky

BACKGROUND: The hippocampal representation of space, formed by the collective activity of populations of place cells, is considered as a substrate of spatial memory. Alzheimer&apos;s disease (AD), a widespread severe neurodegenerative condition of multifactorial origin, typically exhibits spatial memory deficits among its early clinical signs before more severe cognitive impacts develop. OBJECTIVE: To investigate mechanisms of spatial memory impairment in a double transgenic rat model of AD. METHODS: In this study, we utilized 9-12-month-old double-transgenic TgF344-AD rats and age-matched controls to analyze the spatial coding properties of CA1 place cells. We characterized the spatial memory representation, assessed cells&apos; spatial information content and direction-specific activity, and compared their population coding in familiar and novel conditions. RESULTS: Our findings revealed that TgF344-AD animals exhibited lower precision in coding, as evidenced by reduced spatial information and larger receptive zones. This impairment was evident in maps representing novel environments. While controls instantly encoded directional context during their initial exposure to a novel environment, transgenics struggled to incorporate this information into the newly developed hippocampal spatial representation. This resulted in impairment in orthogonalization of stored activity patterns, an important feature directly related to episodic memory encoding capacity. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the results shed light on the nature of impairment at both the single-cell and population levels in the transgenic AD model. In addition to the observed spatial coding inaccuracy, the findings reveal a significantly impaired ability to adaptively modify and refine newly stored hippocampal memory patterns.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Alzheimer&apos;s Disease

ISSN

1387-2877

e-ISSN

1875-8908

Svazek periodika

101

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

259-276

Kód UT WoS článku

001317042500020

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85202836222