Modulation of hippocampal plasticity and cognitive behavior by short-term blueberry supplementation in aged rats

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 309-316

  Casadesus, Gemma ^a,b   Shukitt Hale, Barbara ^a   Stellwagen, Heather M ^c   Zhu, Xiongwei ^b   Lee, Hyoung Gon ^b   Smith, Mark A ^b   Joseph, James A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidants; Cognition; ERK; Hippocampal neurogenesis; IGF 1

Indexed keywords

BLUEBERRY EXTRACT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; COGNITION; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FRUIT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 1;

ANIMALIA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 12344311870     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10284150400020482     Document Type: Article

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