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Objective:To analyze the correlation in the changes of cerebral gray matter volume and the ability of memory learning, and the deposition of β-amyloid protein (Aβ) in related brain regions of Alzheimer's disease (AD) double-transgenic APP/PS1 model mice, which is expected to provide reliable behavioral and imaging basis for probing the pathological features of AD animal models.Methods:A total of two groups mice were included in this study, including the wild type (WT) group and the APP/PS1 group, with 36 mice in each group. The C57-BL/6 mice were selected in the WT group, and APP/PS1 double transgenic mice were selected in the APP/PS1 group. The two groups were composed of mice of different ages of 2,6, and 12 months respectively, with 12 mice of each month in each group. The Morris water maze test (including location navigation test and spatial exploration test) was used to detect the spatial memory learning ability and spatial memory extraction ability of the two groups of mice, and the magnetic resonance T2-weighted imaging (MRI T2WI) scan was used to detect the changes of gray matter volume in the bilateral entorhinal cortex and hippocampus of mice. The brain paraffin sections of two groups of mice of different months were separated and prepared, and the Aβ deposition in bilateral entorhinal cortex and hippocampus of the two groups was detected by Thioflavine-s fluorescence staining, and the correlation between the changes of gray matter volume and memory learning ability and Aβ deposition in the corresponding brain area of the two groups was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis.Results:①The results of Morris water maze test: compared with the WT group, there was no significant difference in the behavioral results of the 2-month-old mice in the APP/PS1 group, and the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05); the escape latency of mice of the APP/PS1 group at the 6 and 12 month-old increased significantly, the number of crossing platforms of the APP/PS1 group at the 6 and 12 month-old decreased significantly, and the difference was statistically significant (PP>0.05); the volume of the entorhinal cortex of the APP/PS1 group at 6-month-old decreased significantly, and the volume of the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus of the APP/PS1 group at 12-month-old mice decreased significantly, the difference was statistically significant (Pr=-0.729, Pr=-0.643, Pr=0.705, Pr=0.719, Pr=-0.865, Pr=-0.885, P |
