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Bettina Platt is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with particular attention to subfields such as Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Bettina Platt has published numerous papers, with notable recent works including:

  • Systematic review of guidelines for internal validity in the design, conduct and analysis of preclinical biomedical experiments involving laboratory animals, 2020, BMJ Open Science
  • Synaptic Loss, ER Stress and Neuro-Inflammation Emerge Late in the Lateral Temporal Cortex and Associate with Progressive Tau Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease, 2020, Molecular Neurobiology
  • Impaired Glymphatic Function and Pulsation Alterations in a Mouse Model of Vascular Cognitive Impairment, 2022, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Cu, Fe, and Zn isotope ratios in murine Alzheimer's disease models suggest specific signatures of amyloidogenesis and tauopathy, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Neurochemical, histological, and behavioral profiling of the acute, sub-acute, and chronic MPTP mouse model of Parkinsonʼs disease, 2022, Journal of Neurochemistry

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Gernot Riedel
  • Mirela Delibegović
  • Annesha Sil
  • Jack Bray
  • Sanna K. Janhunen

Bettina Platt's research has been disseminated in various publication venues, most notably in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience Methods
  • PLoS ONE
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Glutamate receptor function in learning and memory

    Gernot Riedel;Bettina Platt;Jacques Micheau

  • Plasma and brain pharmacokinetic profile of cannabidiol (CBD), cannabidivarine (CBDV), Δ9-tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) and cannabigerol (CBG) in rats and mice following oral and intraperitoneal administration and CBD action on obsessive–compulsive behaviour

    Serena Deiana;Akihito Watanabe;Akihito Watanabe;Yuki Yamasaki;Yuki Yamasaki;Naoki Amada;Naoki Amada

  • The cholinergic system and spatial learning

    Serena Deiana;Bettina Platt;Gernot Riedel

  • Cannabidiol Targets Mitochondria to Regulate Intracellular Ca2+ Levels

    Duncan Ryan;Alison J Drysdale;Carlos Lafourcade;Roger G Pertwee

  • The cholinergic system and hippocampal plasticity.

    Benjamin D. Drever;Gernot Riedel;Bettina Platt

  • Aluminium toxicity in the rat brain: histochemical and immunocytochemical evidence.

    Bettina Platt;Graham Fiddler;Gernot Riedel;Zaineb Henderson

  • The cholinergic system, EEG and sleep.

    Bettina Platt;Gernot Riedel

  • Synthetic and plant-derived cannabinoid receptor antagonists show hypophagic properties in fasted and non-fasted mice.

    Gernot Riedel;Paola Fadda;Paola Fadda;Susan McKillop-Smith;Roger G Pertwee

  • Mammalian voltage-activated calcium channel currents are blocked by Pb2+, Zn2+, and Al3+

    D. Busselberg;B. Platt;D. Michael;D. O. Carpenter

  • Abnormal Cognition, Sleep, EEG and Brain Metabolism in a Novel Knock-In Alzheimer Mouse, PLB1

    Bettina Platt;Benjamin Drever;David Koss;Sandra Stoppelkamp

  • Involvement of the cholinergic system in conditioning and perceptual memory.

    Lianne Robinson;Bettina Platt;Gernot Riedel

  • Soluble pre-fibrillar tau and β-amyloid species emerge in early human Alzheimer’s disease and track disease progression and cognitive decline

    David J. Koss;Glynn Jones;Anna Cranston;Heidi Gardner

  • Aluminum Impairs Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation in Rats in Vitro and in Vivo

    Bettina Platt;David O. Carpenter;Dietrich Büsselberg;Klaus G. Reymann

  • EEG, activity, and sleep architecture in a transgenic AβPPswe/PSEN1A246E Alzheimer's disease mouse.

    Amar Jyoti;Andrea Plano;Gernot Riedel;Bettina Platt

  • Scopolamine-induced deficits in social memory in mice: Reversal by donepezil

    G. Riedel;S.H. Kang;D.Y. Choi;B. Platt

  • Mutant Tau knock-in mice display frontotemporal dementia relevant behaviour and histopathology.

    David J. Koss;Lianne Robinson;Benjamin D. Drever;Kaja Plucińska

  • Cannabidiol-induced intracellular Ca2+ elevations in hippocampal cells

    Alison J. Drysdale;Duncan Ryan;Roger G. Pertwee;Bettina Platt

  • Susceptibility to diet-induced obesity and glucose intolerance in the APP SWE / PSEN1 A246E mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease is associated with increased brain levels of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) and retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4), and basal phosphorylation of S6 ribosomal protein

    Nimesh Mody;Abdelali Agouni;George McIlroy;Bettina Platt

  • Long-term homocysteine exposure induces alterations in spatial learning, hippocampal signalling and synaptic plasticity.

    S.A. Algaidi;L.A. Christie;A. McE. Jenkinson;L. Whalley

  • Fear conditioning-induced time- and subregion-specific increase in expression of mGlu5 receptor protein in rat hippocampus.

    Gernot Riedel;Giacomo Casabona;Bettina Platt;Euan M Macphail

  • RESEARCH PAPER Synthetic and plant-derived cannabinoid receptor antagonists show hypophagic properties in fasted and non-fasted mice

    Gernot Riedel;Paola Fadda;Roger G Pertwee;Bettina Platt

Frequent Co-Authors

Gernot Riedel
Gernot Riedel University of Aberdeen
Robert E. Hampson
Robert E. Hampson Wake Forest University
Celso Grebogi
Celso Grebogi University of Aberdeen
Klaus G. Reymann
Klaus G. Reymann Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Karen Horsburgh
Karen Horsburgh University of Edinburgh
Eddy A. Van der Zee
Eddy A. Van der Zee University of Groningen
Raj N. Kalaria
Raj N. Kalaria Newcastle University
Vincent Mok
Vincent Mok Chinese University of Hong Kong
Nicholas M. Kanaan
Nicholas M. Kanaan Michigan State University
Rhian M. Touyz
Rhian M. Touyz McGill University Health Centre

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