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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Nataraj, Athira | Kala, Annu | Pena, Stephanie Lissette Proskauer | Jezek, Karel | Blahna, Karel; *
Affiliations: Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, , Prague, Czech Republic
Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Karel Blahna, Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, 30100, Czech Republic. Tel.: +420 377 593 804; E-mail: Karel.Blahna@lfp.cuni.cz.
Abstract: 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’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’ 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.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, place cell directionality, place field size, spatial memory, TgF344-AD rats
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-231386
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 101, no. 1, pp. 259-276, 2024
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