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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Impacts of genetic knockout of Tenm3 on perforant path synapse morphology and density

Joyce, Myles 29 February 2024 (has links)
Layer II neurons of the entorhinal cortex (ECII) are selectively vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Investigations into the molecular mechanisms of this ECII vulnerability provide unique opportunities to better understanding the pathology of AD. Preliminary data has suggested teneurin-3 (Tenm3) to have a role in this vulnerability due to its ECII enrichment, genetic variants associated with AD, and altered electrophysiology in Tenm3-knockout (KO) mice. In this study, the impacts of Tenm3- KO in mice were further explored. Electron tomography and immunofluorescent confocal microscopy were utilized to compare wild-type (WT) and KO mice’s perforant pathway synaptic densities and structures. A slight trend was found for increased synaptic density in Tenm3-KO mice. The structural changes in Tenm3-KO mice were more pronounced and encompassed alterations to active zones, bouton volumes, and synaptic vesicle pools. Overall, this work suggests Tenm3’s involvement in structural remodeling of both axonal boutons and dendritic spines thus providing a hypothesis for its role in ECII’s selective vulnerability to AD.

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