Masticatory function and cognitive function

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-140

  Kubo, Kin Ya ^a   Ichihashi, Yukiko ^b   Kurata, Chika ^b   Iinuma, Mitsuo ^b   Mori, Daisuke ^b   Katayama, Tasuku ^b   Miyake, Hidekazu ^b   Fujiwara, Shu ^b   Tamura, Yasuo ^b  

^a SEIJOH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chewing; Cognitive function; Hippocampus; Mastication; SAMP8

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MASTICATION; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MASTICATION; MEMORY;

EID: 79952200100     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.87.135     Document Type: Review

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