Green tea consumption affects cognitive dysfunction in the elderly: A pilot study

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4032-4042

  Ide, Kazuki ^a   Yamada, Hiroshi ^a   Takuma, Norikata ^b   Park, Mijong ^a   Wakamiya, Noriko ^a   Nakase, Junpei ^c   Ukawa, Yuuichi ^c   Sagesaka, Yuko M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b White Cross Nursing Home   (Japan)

^c H   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Elderly; Green tea; Oral administration

Indexed keywords

GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TEA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREEN TEA POWDER; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEA; VERY ELDERLY; COGNITION; DIET THERAPY; DRINKING; DRUG EFFECTS; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; TEA;

EID: 84908203024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6104032     Document Type: Article

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