Macular lutein and zeaxanthin are related to brain lutein and zeaxanthin in primates

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-29

  Vishwanathan, Rohini ^a   Neuringer, Martha ^b   Max Snodderly, D ^c   Schalch, Wolfgang ^d   Johnson, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain; Cognition; Lutein; Macula; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OPTICAL DENSITY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; LUTEIN; MACACA MULATTA; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84873132079     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476830512Y.0000000024     Document Type: Article

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