Effect of Dietary Docosahexaenoic Acid and Catechins on Maze Behavior in Mice

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-58

  Shirai, Nobuya ^a   Suzuki, Hiramitsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Catechin; Cholesterol; Docosahexaenoic acid; Fatty acid; Lipids; Maze behavior; Phospholipids; Plasma

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; FATTY ACID; LARD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPERIMENT; FEEDING; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATECHIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1342280472     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075305     Document Type: Article

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