Effect of vitamin E on learning and memory deficit in aged rats

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 389-393

  Takatsu, Hirokatsu ^a   Owada, Kei ^a   Abe, Kouichi ^b   Nakano, Masahiro ^c   Urano, Shiro ^a  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged rat; Cognitive deficit; Learning; Memory; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE;

AGING; AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SWIMMING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PQQ COFACTOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 71949128146     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.55.389     Document Type: Article

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