Anti-ageing effect of aged garlic extract in the inbred brain atrophy mouse model

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 235-242

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged garlic extract; Brain atrophy; Grading score; Learning and memory; Senescence accelerated mouse

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT;

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ATROPHY; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030902690     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1997.tb01813.x     Document Type: Article

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