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Abstract
We performed a comparative study of the effect of a new acetylcholinesterase inhibitor 1,3-bis[5-(o-nitrobenzylethylamino)pentyl]-6-methyluracil (C-35) and a commercial drug donepezil on the density and morphology of dendritic spines in the entorhinal cortex of transgenic APP/PS1 mice with a model of Alzheimer's disease. Administration of donepezil to transgenic mice did not significantly change spine density or morphology. In contrast, treatment with C-35 increased dendritic spine density by 56 and 34% in comparison with donepezil and the control group (untreated transgenic mice), respectively. This effect of C-35 was associated with an increase in the number of thin spines and a decrease number of stubby spines.
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Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine presents original peer reviewed research papers and brief reports on priority new research results in physiology, biochemistry, biophysics, pharmacology, immunology, microbiology, genetics, oncology, etc. Novel trends in science are covered in new sections of the journal - Biogerontology and Human Ecology - that first appeared in 2005.
World scientific interest in stem cells prompted inclusion into Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine a quarterly scientific journal Cell Technologies in Biology and Medicine (a new Russian Academy of Medical Sciences publication since 2005). It publishes only original papers from the leading research institutions on molecular biology of stem and progenitor cells, stem cell as the basis of gene therapy, molecular language of cell-to-cell communication, cytokines, chemokines, growth and other factors, pilot projects on clinical use of stem and progenitor cells.
The Russian Volume Year is published in English from April.