Fig. 1. Cholesterol metabolism and neurons. Cholesterol metabolism is essential for synaptic transmission, synaptic plasticity, neurite outgrowth, neurogenesis, and learning and memory. FDPs, Farnesyl-Diphosphate Synthase; FDFT1, Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase 1 or Squalene Synthase; SQLE, Squalene Epoxidase.
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