The mechanisms of action of flavonoids in the brain: Direct versus indirect effects

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-139

  Rendeiro, Catarina ^a   Rhodes, Justin S ^a   Spencer, Jeremy P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Brain; Cognition; Flavonoid; Memory; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID;

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; LEARNING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY;

EID: 84942296437     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: 18729754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2015.08.002     Document Type: Review

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