Supplementation with L-histidine during dietary zinc repletion improves short-term memory in zinc-restricted young adult male rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1633-1640

  Keller, Karen A ^b   Chu, Ye ^a   Grider, Arthur ^a   Coffield, Julie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Rats; Spatial memory; Water maze; Zinc plus L histidine

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0034035492     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.6.1633     Document Type: Article

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