Memory performance of hypercholesterolemic mice in response to treatment with soy isoflavones

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 544-549

  Liu, Yan qiang ^a   Xin, Tian rong ^b   Lü, Xian yu ^a   Ji, Qing ^a   Jin, Ying ^a   Yang, Hui di ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Amino acids; Hypercholesterolemia; Memory; Mice; Soy isoflavones

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOFLAVONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID DIET; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33947156675     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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