Chewing maintains hippocampus-dependent cognitive function

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 502-509

  Chen, Huayue ^a   Iinuma, Mitsuo ^b   Onozuka, Minoru ^c   Kubo, Kin Ya ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SEIJOH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognition; Hippocampus; Mastication

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN FOS; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPOMYOSIN RELATED KINASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; AMNESIA; ASTROCYTE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING DISORDER; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY DYSFUNCTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH DISEASE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; RETICULAR FORMATION; REVIEW; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MASTICATION; MEMORY; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 84932620709     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.11911     Document Type: Review

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