Morinda citrifolia fruit reduces stress-induced impairment of cognitive function accompanied by vasculature improvement in mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-217

  Muto, Junko ^a   Hosung, Lee ^a   Uwaya, Akemi ^b   Isami, Fumiyuki ^b   Ohno, Makoto ^a   Mikami Toshio, T ^c  

^a NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tahitian Noni Inc   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Hippocampus; Memory; Morinda citrifolia; Stress; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BROXURIDINE; CD31 ANTIGEN; MALONALDEHYDE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRUIT JUICE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 77955092799     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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