Preventive effects of Chlorella on cognitive decline in age-dependent dementia model mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 464, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-198

  Nakashima, Yuya ^a   Ohsawa, Ikuroh ^b   Konishi, Fumiko ^a   Hasegawa, Takashi ^a   Kumamoto, Shoichiro ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihiko ^b   Ohta, Shigeo ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Aldehyde; ALDH2; Alzheimer's disease; Oxidative stress; Parachlorella beyerinckii

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CHLORELLA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL TASK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CHLORELLA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 70149118525     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.08.044     Document Type: Article

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