The effects of dietary choline

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 330-342

  Biasi, Elisabetta ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline; Neuroprotection; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CHOLINE; ESTROGEN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FUNCTION; CHILD NUTRITION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RATS;

EID: 81355139595     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-011-1523-5     Document Type: Review

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