Preventive effect of theanine intake on stress-induced impairments of hippocamapal long-term potentiation and recognition memory

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-6

  Tamano, Haruna ^a   Fukura, Kotaro ^a   Suzuki, Miki ^a   Sakamoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Yokogoshi, Hidehiko ^a   Takeda, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Green tea; LTP; Recognition memory; Stress; Theanine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; THEANINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; STRESS; WATER IMMERSION; WEANING;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMATES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; TEA;

EID: 84875784362     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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