Dietary sialic acid supplementation improves learning and memory in piglets

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 561-569

  Wang, Bing ^a   Yu, Bing ^b   Karim, Muhsin ^a   Hu, Honghua ^a   Sun, Yun ^a   McGreevy, Paul ^a   Petocz, Peter ^c   Held, Suzanne ^d   Brand Miller, Jennie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain development; Gene expression; Learning and memory; Piglets; Sialic acid supplementation

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SIALIC ACID; SIALOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASSOCIATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDING; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGLET; TASK PERFORMANCE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846860608     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.2.561     Document Type: Article

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