Dietary Levels of Pure Flavonoids Improve Spatial Memory Performance and Increase Hippocampal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Rendeiro, Catarina ^a   Vauzour, David ^a,c   Rattray, Marcus ^a   Waffo Téguo, Pierre ^b   Mérillon, Jean Michel ^b   Butler, Laurie T ^a   Williams, Claire M ^a   Spencer, Jeremy P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FLAVONOID; MESSENGER RNA;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLUEBERRY; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMORY; MEMORY ENHANCEMENT; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; VACCINIUM;

EID: 84878379404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063535     Document Type: Article

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