Alzheimer's disease and cholesterol: The fat connection

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 739-750

  Canevari, Laura ^a,b   Clark, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's Disease; Amyloid beta; ApoE; Cholesterol; NADPH oxidase; Statins

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SIMVASTATIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MYOPATHY; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIPID METABOLISM; MICE; NADPH OXIDASE; NEUROGLIA; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE, TYPE C;

EID: 33947589524     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-006-9200-1     Document Type: Review

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