BDNF increases with behavioral enrichment and an antioxidant diet in the aged dog

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 546-554

  Fahnestock, Margaret ^a   Marchese, Monica ^a   Head, Elizabeth ^b,c   Pop, Viorela ^b,e   Michalski, Bernadeta ^a   Milgram, William N ^d   Cotman, Carl W ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d CanCog Technologies Incorporated   (Canada)

^e LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Antioxidant; Diet; Environmental enrichment; MRNA; Neurotrophin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84862534586     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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