The present invention is related to a transgenic animal inducing
Alzheimer's disease. More particularly, the present invention is a vector
for transformation of animal comprising a carboxyl-terminal fragments of
mutant human beta amyloid protein which contains Indiana mutation
(.beta.CTF99) and a transgenic mouse inducing Alzheimer's disease
prepared by microinjection of the same into a pronuclei of a fertilized
oocyte. The transgenic mouse of the present invention exhibited clinical
symptoms of Alzheimer's disease such as decreased of cognitive ability
and memory, and increases of anxiety. Therefore, the transgenic mouse of
the present invention will be useful animal model for a research of
Alzheimer's disease. Particularly, since the transgenic mouse of the
present invention showed more remarkable decreases of cognitive ability
than any other transgenic animal model for Alzheimer's disease known in
the art, the transgenic mouse of the present invention can be used as an
animal model for disease relating anxiety.