Beneficial effects of aged garlic extract on learning and memory impairment in the Senescence-Accelerated Mouse

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 149-160

  Nishiyama, Nobuyoshi ^a   Moriguchi, Toru ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; garlic; learning; memory; Senescence Accelerated Mouse (SAM)

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GARLIC EXTRACT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030899549     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(96)00062-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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