. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Mol Cell Neurosci. 2014 Nov;63:83–95. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2014.10.006

Table 3.

Effects of cholesterol diet on plasma corticosterone levels.

Group	7 months	14 months	20 months
WT	5905 ± 1080 (5) -	4810 ± 986 (5) -	4026 ± 1869 (5) -
WT + Chol	5748 ± 935 (5) ns	1795 ± 867 (5) *	3933 ± 1608 (5) ns
3xTg-AD	6145 ± 520 (5) ns	4226 ± 1061 (5) ns	7185 ± 804 (5) ns
3xTg-AD + Chol	4833 ± 1493 (5) ns	7195 ± 778 (5) §§§ #	0/10 survived

Plasma was collected following behavioral testing and immediately prior to anesthesia and organ collection. Values representmean plasma corticosterone in pg/ml ± SEM. The number in parentheses indicates the number of animals tested in each group. Statistical analysis was performed using a one-way ANOVA with a Fisher’s LSD posthoc test. Symbols indicate the significant difference between groups compared toWT (*p < 0.05, ns not significant),WT + cholesterol (Chol) (§§§ p < 0.001) or 3xTg-AD (#p < 0.05).