Effects of a saturated fat and high cholesterol diet on memory and hippocampal morphology in the middle-aged rat

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-145

  Granholm, Ann Charlotte ^a   Bimonte Nelson, Heather A ^b   Moore, Alfred B ^a   Nelson, Matthew E ^a   Freeman, Linnea R ^a   Sambamurti, Kumar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive impairment; Dietary effects; Memory; Saturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; CHOLESTEROL; COCONUT OIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SOYBEAN OIL; WATER;

AGING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROGENATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MICROGLIA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 47849114072     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2008-14202     Document Type: Article

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