Intakes of dietary docosahexaenoic acid ethyl ester and egg phosphatidylcholine improve maze-learning ability in young and old mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1629-1632

  Lim, Sun Young ^a   Suzuki, Hiramitsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Docosahexaenoic acid; Maze learning ability; Mice; Phosphatidylcholine

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; PALM OIL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0034087043     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.6.1629     Document Type: Article

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