Effects of Copper and/or Cholesterol Overload on Mitochondrial Function in a Rat Model of Incipient Neurodegeneration

Table 1

Caspase-3 activity in brain cortex and hippocampus from the experimental diets.

Diets	Cortex	Hippocampus
C	2.1 ± 0.1	1.4 ± 0.1
Cu	2.3 ± 0.2	1.5 ± 0.1
Cho	2.0 ± 0.1	1.4 ± 0.3
CuCho	2.4 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.1

Results were obtained as described in Section 2.11.1. They were expressed as the mean of 10 independent determinations ± SD. There are no statistical differences ascribed to the experimental diet.