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Table 1 Mean (± sem) percent of control after chronic of treatment with EVP-0015962 at 20 or 60 mg/kg/day

From: Modulation of γ-secretase by EVP-0015962 reduces amyloid deposition and behavioral deficits in Tg2576 mice

 

Neocortex

Hippocampus

Stain and pathology

Control

EVP-0015962 (mg/kg/day)

Control

EVP-0015962 (mg/kg/day)

Parameter

diet

20

60

diet

20

60

6E10 immunostaining of Aβ plaque pathology

  

 Percent area

100 (10.8)

69.2 (9.7)

65.3 (16.3)

100 (10.8)

62.1 (13.2)*

53.1 (15.2)*

 Number/mm2

100 (7.9)

65.2 (8.8)

71.3 (15.0)

100 (9.7)

61.0 (12.2)*

53.9 (16.8)*

 Size (μm2)

100 (6.5)

105.5 (8.8)

88.5 (5.4)

100 (16.4)

99.4 (15.7)

104.1 (11.6)

ThioflavinS staining of Aβ plaque pathology

  

 Percent area

100 (18.0)

64.3 (14.3)

29.9 (7.3)*

100 (14.7)

40.7 (16.9)**

27.3 (6.5)**

 Number/mm2

100 (12.4)

64.3 (8.0)

59.6 (14.1)

100 (12.7)

55.2 (15.6)*

50.7 (12.8)*

 Size (μm2)

100 (8.5)

87.8 (12.2)

58.1 (10.6)*

100 (6.8)

56.5 (16.3)

58.9 (27.0)

GFAP immunostaining of reactive astrocytes

  

 Percent area

100 (12.5)

95.8 (14.5)

61.6 (7.6)

100 (9.0)

95.8 (7.7)

87.2 (9.7)

CD11b immunostaining of activated microglia

  

 Percent area

100 (12.8)

86.3 (5.0)

66.2 (7.7)

100 (12.1)

69.8 (9.2)

61.8 (10.7)

  1. *p<0.05, **p<0.01 compared with Tg2576 mice on control diet by 1-way ANOVAs and post-hoc Newman-Keuls tests.
  2. N = 9 mice in the control diet group and 6 in the EVP-0015962 treatment groups.