Brain factor-7 extracted from bombyx mori enhances cognition and attention in normal children

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 643-648

  Kim, Kunwoo ^a   Park, Subin ^a   Yoo, Hanik K ^a   Lee, Jun Young ^b   Jung, Hee Yeon ^b   Kim, Do Hee ^c   Lee, Hyun Jung ^c   Kim, Jin Young ^c   Youn, Young Chul ^c   Marshall, Maurice R ^d   Kim, Sung Su ^c   Jeong, Yoonhwa ^e  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attention; Brain factor 7; Children; Cognition; Color Trails Making Test; Learning and memory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FACTOR 7; PEPTIDE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; COLOR TRAILS MAKING TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BOMBYX; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 68149158646     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.1236     Document Type: Article

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