Mechanism of improvement of spatial cognition with dietary docosahexaenoic acid

Folia Pharmacologica Japonica

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Hashimoto, Michio ^a   Tanabe, Yoko ^a   Fujii, Yoshiki ^a   Hagiwara, Rika ^a   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Shido, Osamu ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C fos; Docosahexaenoic acid; Rat hippocampus; Retention test; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036445311     PISSN: 00155691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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