Effect of dietary restriction on learning and memory impairment and histologic alterations of brain stem in senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM) P8 strain

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1067, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 388-393

  Takahashi, Ryoya ^a   Komiya, Yukari ^a   Goto, Sataro ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dietary restriction; Learning; Memory; SAMP8; Senescence accelerated mouse; Spongy degeneration

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; BRAIN STEM; CELL VACUOLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE MODEL; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; SENESCENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEANING;

EID: 33744499706     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1354.055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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