High Cholesterol Diet Exacerbates Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in LDLr-/- Mice : Impact on Cognitive Function
BACKGROUND: Evidence has revealed an association between familial hypercholesterolemia and cognitive impairment. In this regard, a connection between cognitive deficits and hippocampal blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown was found in low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout mice (LDLr-/-), a mouse model of familial hypercholesterolemia.OBJECTIVE: Herein we investigated the impact of a hypercholes