Cerebral Accumulation of Dietary Derivable Plant Sterols does not Interfere with Memory and Anxiety Related Behavior in Abcg5-/- Mice

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-156

  Vanmierlo, Tim ^a,b   Rutten, Kris ^a   van Vark van der Zee, Leonie C ^c   Friedrichs, Silvia ^b   Bloks, Vincent W ^d   Blokland, Arjan ^a   Ramaekers, Frans C ^a   Sijbrands, Eric ^c   Steinbusch, Harry ^a   Prickaerts, Jos ^a   Kuipers, Folkert ^d   Lütjohann, Dieter ^b   Mulder, Monique ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abcg5; Anxiety; Cholesterol; Cognition; Phytosterolemia and plant sterol

Indexed keywords

24 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 24-HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; ABC TRANSPORTER; CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; DESMOSTEROL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LANOSTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; STIGMASTEROL;

AFFECT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DISORDERS OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROPATHY; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; SITOSTEROLEMIA;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; DIET; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LANOSTEROL; LIPID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHYTOSTEROLS; SITOSTEROLS; STIGMASTEROL;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 79960191178     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-011-0219-3     Document Type: Article

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