Using the intracellular calcium-analog contrast agent, manganese, and intranasal administration method, we developed a method to estimate the rate of bulk axonal transport in living animals. We applied this technology to investigate very early changes in the axonal transport rate in AD transgenic mice as well as aged rats. This technology is currently used for therapeutic evaluation of microtubule stabilizing drugs.
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