Link between heart disease, cholesterol, and Alzheimer's disease: a review

DL Sparks, TA Martin, DR Gross… - Microscopy research …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Increased prevalence of Alzheimer's disease‐like β‐amyloid deposits in the neuropil and
within neurons occurs in the brains of non‐demented individuals with heart disease. Heart …

The early and ongoing experience with the cholesterol-fed rabbit as a model of Alzheimer's disease: the old, the new and the pilot

DL Sparks - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2008 - content.iospress.com
Pioneering autopsy studies revealed a possible link between coronary artery disease,
cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the cholesterol-fed rabbit model of human …

A cholesterol-lowering drug reduces β-amyloid pathology in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

LM Refolo, MA Pappolla, J LaFrancois, B Malester… - Neurobiology of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory studies suggest that cholesterol may play a role in
the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Transgenic mice exhibiting an Alzheimer's β …

HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and why it would be ill-advise to use one that crosses the blood-brain barrier.

DL Sparks, DJ Connor, PJ Browne… - The Journal of …, 2002 - europepmc.org
Increased circulating cholesterol has been long linked to an increased risk of coronary artery
disease (CAD), and is now linked to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer s disease …

Cholesterol and Cognition: Rationale for the AD Cholesterol‐Lowering Treatment Trial and Sex‐Related Differences in β‐Amyloid Accumulation in the Brains of …

DL Sparks, R Martins, TIM Martin - … of the New York Academy of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
This report presents the scientific rationale and hypothesis for the investigator‐initiated,
double‐blind, placebo‐controlled Alzheimer's Disease Cholesterol‐Lowering Treatment …

Potential mechanisms linking cholesterol to Alzheimer's disease-like pathology in rabbit brain, hippocampal organotypic slices, and skeletal muscle

O Ghribi - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2008 - content.iospress.com
Epidemiological, animal, and cellular studies suggest that abnormalities in cholesterol
metabolism are important in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), potentially by …

Cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease

B Wolozin - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2002 - portlandpress.com
Accumulation of a 40–42-amino acid peptide, termed amyloid-β peptide (Aβ), is associated
with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and identifying medicines that inhibit Aβ could help patients …

Induction of Alzheimer-like β-amyloid immunoreactivity in the brains of rabbits with dietary cholesterol

DL Sparks, SW Scheff, JC Hunsaker III, H Liu… - Experimental …, 1994 - Elsevier
Abstract β-amyloid and ALZ-50 immunocytochemical reactivity were determined in the
brains of rabbits fed either a control or 2% cholesterol diet. Control rabbits demonstrated no …

Cholesterol and pathological processes in Alzheimer's disease

K Yanagisawa - Journal of neuroscience research, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Fundamental questions on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are how nontoxic,
soluble amyloid β‐protein (Aβ) is converted to its toxic, aggregated form and how functional …

Water quality has a pronounced effect on cholesterol-induced accumulation of Alzheimer amyloid β (Aβ) in rabbit brain

DL Sparks, J Lochhead, D Horstman… - Journal of …, 2002 - content.iospress.com
Increased circulating cholesterol is known to promote risk of coronary artery disease. It is
now emerging that cholesterol promotes production and accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) …