Effect of dietary γ-aminobutyric acid on the nerve growth factor and the choline acetyltransferase in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of ovariectomized female Rats

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-65

  Tujioka, Kazuyo ^a   Thanapreedawat, Panicha ^b   Yamada, Takashi ^c   Yokogoshi, Hidehiko ^c   Horie, Kenji ^d   Kim, Mujo ^d   Tsutsui, Kazumi ^e   Hayase, Kazutoshi ^e  

^a Ohka Gakuen University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^c CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Pharma Foods International Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Choline acetyltransferase; Nerve growth factor; Rats; aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASEIN; GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASEINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GROWTH HORMONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84899407272     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.60.60     Document Type: Note

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