The influence of orally administered docosahexaenoic acid on cognitive ability in aged mice

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 735-741

  Jiang, Li he ^a,b   Shi, Yan ^a   Wang, Li sheng ^b   Yang, Zhi rong ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor, Dopamine; Cognitive ability; Docosahexaenoic acid; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOPAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME;

MUS;

EID: 68249099757     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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