Short term high-fat diet feeding alleviates the cognitive impairment induced by okada acid injection in rats

This study was designed to test the effect of short-term high-fat diet feeding on the cognitive impairment in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease. After establishment of Alzheimer's disease model, the rats were fed on a high-fat diet, and subjected to water maze (Morris water maze, MWM) behavioral test for learning and memory ability. Western blot was used to detect the expression of caspase-1 pathway. The results showed that short-term high-fat diet could alleviate the damage of okada acid in Morris water maze. The mechanism may be mediated by the regulation of the NLRP3/caspase-1 signaling pathway, which alleviates neuronal damage, resulting in a protective effect.