TABLE 1.
Alterations in GABA levels and GABAergic interneurons in AD patients.
Subtypes | Age (Years) | Subregion | Number | References |
GABA level | 65.73 ± 8.53 | Parietal region | ↓ | Bai et al., 2015 |
GABA level | 62.3 ± 6.7 | CSF | ↓ | Bareggi et al., 1982 |
SST level | 78–97 | Frontal cortex | ↓ | Grouselle et al., 1998 |
GABA level | 73.8 ± 8.4 | CSF | ↓ | Zimmer et al., 1984 |
SOM(SST)–neurons | 72.3 ± 2.3 | Frontal and temporal lobes | ↓ | Beal et al., 1985, 1986 |
82 | Frontal and temporal lobes | ↓ | Candy et al., 1985 | |
74 | Frontal and temporal lobes | ↓ | Davies et al., 1980; Davies and Terry, 1981 | |
PV neurons | 75–86 | Neocortex | Unchanged | Ferrer et al., 1991 |
81.0 ± 6.1 | Neocortex | Unchanged | Hof et al., 1991 | |
81.2 ± 2 | DG/CA1-2 | ↓ | Brady and Mufson, 1997 | |
58–92 | EC | ↓ | Solodkin et al., 1996 | |
SOM(SST)–neurons | 63–100 | Olfactory tubercle and piriform cortex | ↓ | Mikkonen et al., 1999; Saiz-Sanchez et al., 2016 |
PV neurons | ↓ | |||
CR neurons | Amygdala and EC | ↓ | ||
PV neurons | 86.4 ± 2.2 | DG | Unchanged | Takahashi et al., 2010 |
CR neurons | DG | ↓ | ||
SOM(SST) | 75.3 ± 13.9 | Perirhinal cortex | ↓ | Saiz-Sanchez et al., 2013 |
PV neurons | ↓ | |||
GABABR1–neurons | 77.8 ± 13.9 | CA1 | Significantly reduced↓ | Iwakiri et al., 2005 |
GABABR1–immunoreactivity | CA4 and CA2/3 | Increased |