Acetyl-l-carnitine improves aged brain function

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Kobayashi, Satoru ^a   Iwamoto, Machiko ^a   Kon, Kazuo ^a   Waki, Hatsue ^a   Ando, Susumu ^a   Tanaka, Yasukazu ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetyl l carnitine; Aging; Behavior; Brain; Synapses

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINE; LEVACECARNINE; ACETYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINE UPTAKE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FISCHER 344 RAT; HEART MUSCLE; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACETYLCARNITINE; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARNITINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOMES; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 77954676430     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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