Effect of high cholesterol diet on spatial learning and memory in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 478-481

  Fang, Chuanqin ^a   Zhou, Huadong ^a   Li, Jingcheng ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Zhang, Meng ^a   Wang, Yanjiang ^a   Gao, Changyue ^a   Deng, Juan ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cholesterol; Cognitive function; Diet

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHOLESTEROL DIET; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEST MEAL;

EID: 69749113837     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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