Chronic administration of docosahexaenoic acid ameliorates the impairment of spatial cognition learning ability in amyloid β-infused rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 549-555

  Hashimoto, Michio ^a   Tanabe, Yoko ^a   Fujii, Yoshimi ^a   Kikuta, Toshihiko ^b   Shibata, Hitoshi ^b   Shido, Osamu ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Antioxidative defense; Docosahexaenoic acid; Spatial working memory; Therapeutic agent

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; LIPID PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN VENTRICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIET; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; WORKING MEMORY;

ACACIA SENEGAL; ANIMALIA;

EID: 14944376646     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.3.549     Document Type: Article

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