Behavioural Phenotyping to Study Cognitive and Non-cognitive Symptoms in the Rodent Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Apoorva Bettagere Shivakumar
  • , Sonam Fathima Mehak
  • , Sparsha Kumari
  • , Vikyath Saraf
  • , Gireesh Gangadharan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive and irreversible neurological disorder that gradually erodes memory and reasoning skills, as well as the ability to perform even simple tasks. Although AD is generally considered a memory disorder, patients with AD shows a range of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSDs) including anxiety, aggression, depression, agitation, apathy, and social dysfunctions. Due to its early impact on the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex, critical brain regions for the memory processing, non-cognitive symptoms associated with AD pathology are frequently overlooked. Animal models are indispensable tools for AD research and have been extensively used to represent the cognitive deficits caused by AD pathology. We are discussing here the most commonly used behavioural tests to detect cognitive and non-cognitive symptoms of AD in rodent models.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Brain Imaging Techniques
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages243-257
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)9789811913525
ISBN (Print)9789811913518
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01-01-2022

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Medicine
  • General Neuroscience

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