[Glial reaction in the forebrain subventricular zone in the rat model of Alzheimer's disease].

The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term reactive changes in the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the rat brain lateral ventricles after the intraventricular injection of beta-amyloid peptide (BAP). It was found that 3 months after BAP injection ependymal cells and SVZ cells reacted to the intraventricular BAP injection by the formation of glial structures, similar to amyloid plaques in their composition, cell structure and possible developmental mechanism. Using immunohistochemical methods, it was shown that they consisted mainly of reactive astrocytes and microgliocytes. It is suggested that atypical morphogenesis of these structures is associated with the interrelationship between the degenerative and regenerative processes, which involve both ependymal cells and forebrain proliferative zone progenitor cells.