Table 1.

Amyloid burden, curvature ratios, and neuritic densities measured under craniotomies and remote sites

Control antibody remote Control antibody window Anti-Aβ antibody remote Anti-Aβ antibody window
Amyloid burden 10.78 ± 4.83 12.74 ± 9.42 9.57 ± 5.85 1.93 ± 1.61*
(n = 6) (n = 6) (n = 10) (n = 10)
Curvature ratio (all time points) 0.945 ± 0.026 0.946 ± 0.024 0.932 ± 0.034 0.982 ± 0.010*
(n = 6) (n = 6) (n = 10) (n = 10)
4 d curvature ratio 0.947 ± 0.05 0.950 ± 0.04 0.925 ± 0.07 0.981 ± 0.04*
(n = 2) (n = 2) (n = 4) (n = 4)
32 d curvature ratio 0.943 ± 0.06 0.941 ± 0.06 0.935 ± 0.06 0.982 ± 0.02*
(n = 3) (n = 3) (n = 4) (n = 4)
SMI-32 density 66.00 ± 3.52 66.65 ± 3.36 65.61 ± 3.10 66.03 ± 4.44
(n = 6) (n = 6) (n = 10) (n = 10)
  • Curvature ratio for untreated nontransgenic neurites, 0.983 ± 0.009. *p≤0.01, significantly different. Amyloid burden and SMI-32 density are means ± SDs, and curvature ratios are medians ± median absolute deviations. n denotes number of animals.