NT-020, a natural therapeutic approach to optimize spatial memory performance and increase neural progenitor cell proliferation and decrease inflammation in the aged rat

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 581-588

  Acosta, S ^a   Jernberg, J ^a   Sanberg, C D ^b   Sanberg, P R ^a   Small, Brent J ^c   Gemma, Carmelina ^a,d   Bickford, Paula C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Natura Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNOSINE; DOUBLECORTIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NATURAL PRODUCT; NT 020; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TEA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARNOSINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLECALCIFEROL; COGNITION; DENTATE GYRUS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; INFLAMMATION; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MEMORY; MICROGLIA; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; VACCINIUM;

EID: 78650016970     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2009.1011     Document Type: Article

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