Blueberries and neuronal aging

Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 518-523

  Shukitt Hale, Barbara ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cognition; Inflammation; Polyphenols; Signaling

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTHOCYANIN; POLYPHENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLUEBERRY; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT JUICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TASTE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLUEBERRY PLANT; CELL AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEURONS; POLYPHENOLS; RATS;

EID: 84868566783     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341101     Document Type: Review

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