Dietary Cholesterol Concentration and Duration Degrade Long-Term Memory of Classical Conditioning of the Rabbit’s Nictitating Membrane Response

A rabbit model of Alzheimer’s disease based on feeding a cholesterol diet for eight weeks shows sixteen hallmarks of the disease, including learning and memory changes. Although we have shown 2% cholesterol and copper in water can retard learning, other studies show feeding dietary cholesterol befor...

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Main Authors: Bernard G. Schreurs, Desheng Wang, Carrie A. Smith-Bell, Lauren B. Burhans, Roger Bell, Jimena Gonzalez-Joekes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/732634