Tart cherry supplementation improves working memory, hippocampal inflammation, and autophagy in aged rats

Age

Volumn 38, Issue 5-6, 2016, Pages 393-404

  Thangthaeng, Nopporn ^a   Poulose, Shibu M ^a   Gomes, Stacey M ^a   Miller, Marshall G ^a   Bielinski, Donna F ^a   Shukitt Hale, Barbara ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Autophagy; Cherry; Inflammation; Memory; Montmorency tart cherries

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PROTEIN P62; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE 2; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CHERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DENSITOMETRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FOOD INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPAL INFLAMMATION; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; STRENGTH; TART CHERRY; THERAPY EFFECT; WORKING MEMORY; AGING; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FISCHER 344 RAT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POWDER; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SWEET CHERRY; TIME FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; BEHAVIOR RATING SCALE; BIOMARKERS; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENCEPHALITIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POWDERS; PRUNUS AVIUM; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84984818008     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-016-9945-7     Document Type: Article

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