Diet and Neuroimaging Markers of Cerebrovascular Disease

Current Nutrition Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 81-89

  Gu, Yian ^a   Scarmeas, Nikolaos ^a,b,c  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Foods; Infarct; Mediterranean diet; Nutrients; Nutrition; Stroke; White matter hyperintensity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CHOLINE; CRYPTOXANTHIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE; FATTY ACID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LYCOPENE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; RETINOL; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZEAXANTHIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FISH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY;

EID: 84941267449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21613311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13668-013-0044-4     Document Type: Review

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