Increased nerve growth factor by zinc supplementation with concurrent vitamin A deficiency does not improve memory performance in mice

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 421-427

  Kheirvari, Sorayya ^a   Uezu, Kayoko ^a   Sakai, Tohru ^a   Nakamori, Masayo ^a   Alizadeh, Mohammad ^a   Sarukura, Nobuko ^a   Yamamoto, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Memory; NGF; Vit. A; Zn

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RETINOL; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

MUS;

EID: 33847164040     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.52.421     Document Type: Article

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