2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The molecular basis of the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and tooth loss
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25670820
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Prosthodontics/ Dental materials science and
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| Research Institution | Ohu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MICHIKAWA Makoto 名古屋市立大学, 大学院医学研究科, 教授 (40270912)
KORETAKE Katsunori 広島大学, 大学院医歯薬保健学研究院, 助教 (50346508)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | アルツハイマー病 / 歯の喪失 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We tested the effect of tooth loss on learning and memory and on the molecular pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in an aged AD model mice.
We divided 14-month-old AD model mice into upper molar extracted group (experimental) and molar intact group (control). At 18 months old, we analysed the changes of amyloid-beta (Aβ), pyramidal cells in the brain and the learning and memory ability.
The amount of Aβ and the number of pyramidal cells in the hippocampus were not significantly different between the experimental and control group. Similarly, the difference of learning and memory ability could not be distinguished between the groups. Neither molecular pathogenesis of AD nor associated learning and memory were aggravated by tooth loss in these mice. The limited results of this study which used the aged mice may help the dental profession to plan and explain treatments to patients with AD, which must be designed while taking into account the severity of the AD symptoms.
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| Free Research Field |
歯科補綴学
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