Figure 6.
Increased survival times and synaptic densities in Tg-CX3CL1/PS19 mice. A, B, PS19 mice were not able to survival beyond 12 months, and this survival time was significantly increased by overexpression of CX3CL1 in Tg-CX3CL1/PS19 mice. However, Few of the Tg-CX3CL1/PS19 mice lived to 18 months of age, as reflected in the Kaplan–Meier curve (N = 14 in the Tg-CX3CL1/PS19 mice in the Tg-CX3CL1/PS19 mice group; ***p < 0.001, Student's t test). Both WT and Tg-CX3CL1 mice have normal life spans and easily live beyond 2 years of age. C, Confocal staining was performed to examine synaptic density labeled by synaptophysin in the hippocampus, and PS19 mice showed severely reduced synaptic density. Scale bar, 30 μm.