Long-term atorvastatin treatment leads to alterations in behavior, cognition, and hippocampal biochemistry.

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Published in Behav Brain Res on March 19, 2014

Authors

Jan M Schilling1, Weihua Cui2, Joseph C Godoy3, Victoria B Risbrough4, Ingrid R Niesman5, David M Roth1, Piyush M Patel1, John C Drummond1, Hemal H Patel1, Alice E Zemljic-Harpf6, Brian P Head7

Author Affiliations

1: VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
2: Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
3: VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92092, USA.
4: VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92092, USA.
5: Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA.
6: VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: azemljicharpf@ucsd.edu.
7: VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: bhead@ucsd.edu.

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