Is there a connection between the concentration of cholesterol circulating in plasma and the rate of neuritic plaque formation in Alzheimer disease?

Arch Neurol. 2000 Oct;57(10):1410-2. doi: 10.1001/archneur.57.10.1410.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease / metabolism*
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / metabolism*
  • Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Apolipoproteins E / metabolism
  • Cholesterol / blood*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Humans
  • Hypercholesterolemia / drug therapy
  • Hypercholesterolemia / metabolism
  • Neurites / metabolism*
  • Neurofibrillary Tangles / metabolism*
  • Pravastatin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • Anticholesteremic Agents
  • Apolipoproteins E
  • Cholesterol
  • Pravastatin