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The research team also identified the mechanisms on which the protective effects of extra virgin olive oil are based.
“Brain cells of mice that had diet enriched with extra virgin olive oil had higher levels of autophagy and decreased levels of amyloid plaques and phosphorylated tau.
Known as a triple transgenic model (3xTg), animals develop three main features of the disease: memory impairment, amyloid wounds and neurofibrillary meshes.
The researchers divided the mice into two groups, one that received a diet enriched with extra virgin olive oil and another that received a diet without the olive oil.
Olive oil was introduced into the diet when the mice were 6 months old before the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease appeared in the animal model.