Neurotropic effects of aspartame, stevia and sucralose on memory retention and on the histology of the hippocampus of the ICR mice (Mus musculus)

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 114-118

  Villareal, Lejan Miguel Alabastro ^a   Cruz, Rachelle Anne Montes ^a   Ples, Michael Bagui ^a   Vitor, Rodel Jonathan Santos ^a  

^a DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Aspartame; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory; Mus musculus; Stevia; Sucralose

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; SUCRALOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOOD INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEVIA; TWO DAY WATER MAZE PROTOCOL;

EID: 84961198210     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apjtb.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

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