Short-term blueberry-enriched diet prevents and reverses object recognition memory loss in aging rats

Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 338-342

  Malin, David H ^a   Lee, David R ^a   Goyarzu, Pilar ^a   Chang, Yu Hsuan ^a   Ennis, Lalanya J ^a   Beckett, Elizabeth ^a   Shukitt Hale, Barbara ^b   Joseph, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; DIET; FRUIT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS; VACCINIUM;

EID: 79951555563     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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