B-vitamins reduce plasma levels of beta amyloid

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 303-305

  Flicker, Leon ^a   Martins, Ralph N ^b   Thomas, Jenny ^a   Acres, John ^a,c   Taddei, Kevin ^b   Vasikaran, Samuel D ^d   Norman, Paul ^c   Jamrozik, Konrad ^e   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Amyloid beta protein; B vitamins

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY;

EID: 37549056522     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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