Dietary supplementation with medium-chain TAG has long-lasting cognition-enhancing effects in aged dogs

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1746-1754

  Pan, Yuanlong ^a   Larson, Brian ^a   Araujo, Joseph A ^b,c   Lau, Winnie ^b   De Rivera, Christina ^b,c   Santana, Ruben ^a   Gore, Asa ^a   Milgram, Norton W ^b,c  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b CanCog Technologies Incorporated   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain ageing; Cognitive functions; Dogs; Ketone bodies; Medium chain TAG

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; KETONE BODY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOG; ENERGY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; LEARNING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOGS; FEMALE; KETONE BODIES; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 77954616718     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000097     Document Type: Article

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