Soy isoflavones improve spatial delayed matching-to-place performance and reduce cholinergic neuron loss in elderly male rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1827-1831

  Lee, Yoon Bok ^a,b   Lee, Hyong Joo ^b   Won, Moo Ho ^c   Hwang, In Koo ^c   Kang, Tae Cheon ^c   Lee, Jae Yong ^c   Nam, Sang Yoon ^d   Kim, Kang Sung ^e   Kim, Eugene ^a   Cheon, Sang Hee ^a   Sohn, Heon Soo ^a  

^a Central Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

^d Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^e Yongin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Cholinergic enzyme; Memory; Soy isoflavones; Spatial DMP performance

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOYBEAN; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 3042739688     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.7.1827     Document Type: Article

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