Improving brain signaling in aging: Could berries be the answer?

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 887-889

  Poulose, Shibu M ^a   Carey, Amanda N ^a   Shukitt Hale, Barbara ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; berry; cognition; flavonoids; fruit; signaling

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; CYTOKINE; FLAVONOID; GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BERRY; BLACKBERRY; BLUEBERRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PROTECTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; FOOD INTAKE; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONG TERM CARE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RASPBERRY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAWBERRY; VEGETABLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; DIET; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84866653288     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.12.86     Document Type: Review

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