Combining an antioxidant-fortified diet with behavioral enrichment leads to cognitive improvement and reduced brain pathology in aging canines: Strategies for healthy aging

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1114, Issue , 2007, Pages 398-406

  Head, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta amyloid; Brain; Dog; Fruits; Mitochondrial co factors; Neuron number; Vegetables; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VEGETABLE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 35948966408     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1396.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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