Alzheimer’s Rats (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Alzheimer’s Rats

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These Alzheimer’s rats, Kristiane and Gerda, were both named after Kristian Gerhard Jebsen. Postdoc Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen holds Gerda, and Edvard Moser has Kristiane. Alzheimer rats carry two mutations in one gene that often result in Alzheimer’s disease. Kobro-Flatmoen says when the Alzheimer rats get old, researchers notice that they have a harder time orienting themselves.

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Rita Elmkvist Nilsen / Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience

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