Feeding rats diets enriched in lowbuch blueberries for six weeks decreases ischemia-induced brain damage

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 427-431

  Sweeney, M I ^a   Kalt, W ^b   MacKinnon, S L ^c   Ashby, J ^a   Gottschall Pass, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b Agriculture and Agri Food Canada Kentville   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cardiovascular disease; Polyphenols; Stroke

Indexed keywords

LIPID; OXYGEN RADICAL;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLUEBERRY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; CELL LOSS; CELL PROTECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SIMULATION; TIME; URINALYSIS; VACCINIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIET; FRUIT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

ANIMALIA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 0036902931     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1028415021000055970     Document Type: Review

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