Favorable effects of tea on reducing the cognitive deficits and brain morphological changes in senescence-accelerated mice

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 266-273

  Chan, Yin Ching ^a   Hosoda, Kazuaki ^b   Tsai, Chin Ju ^a   Yamamoto, Shigeru ^c   Wang, Ming Fu ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Kwassui Women's College   (Japan)

^c OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain degeneration; Green tea; Learning and memory; Oolong tea

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LIPOFUSCIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TROLOX C; WATER;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MOBILIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; SENESCENCE; TEA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33749494466     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.52.266     Document Type: Article

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