Functional relationship between age-related immunodeficiency and learning deterioration

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3869-3875

  Zhang, Yongxiang ^a   Moriguchi, Toru ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^a   Nishiyama, Nobuyoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged garlic extract (AGE); Hypothalamus; Senescence accelerated mouse (SAM); Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; BRAIN MONOAMINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CONCANAVALIN A; GARLIC EXTRACT; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NORADRENALIN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEARNING DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPLEEN CELL; THYMECTOMY;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GARLIC; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SWIMMING; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0032458593     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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