Cholesterol depletion with physiological concentrations of a statin decreases the formation of the Alzheimer amyloid Aβ peptide

Joseph D. Buxbauma,b,∗, Neil S.M. Geoghagena and Lawrence T. Friedhoffc Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA Neurobiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA Aura Laboratories, Inc., a division of Andrx Corporation, 401 Hackensack Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA