Neurologic effects of exogenous saccharides: A review of controlled human, animal, and in vitro studies

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 149-162

  Nelson, Erika D ^a   Ramberg, Jane E ^a   Best, Talitha ^b,c   Sinnott, Robert A ^a  

^a Mannatech Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fucoidan; Glucan; Memory; Neurodegeneration; Prebiotic; Saccharide; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCAN; AMBROTOSE; ARABINOSE; ARABINOXYLAN; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA 1,6 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; CARBOHYDRATE; FUCOIDIN; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; MIXED POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCT; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUTAMIC ACID; PECTIN; PLACEBO; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE FRACTION; RHAMNOSE; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WELLMUNE WGP; XYLOGLUCAN; XYLOSE;

AMNESIA; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; WORKING MEMORY;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLACEBOS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YEASTS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 84864373476     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476830512Y.0000000004     Document Type: Review

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