Role of fruits, nuts, and vegetables in maintaining cognitive health

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 94, Issue , 2017, Pages 24-28

  Miller, Marshall G ^a   Thangthaeng, Nopporn ^a   Poulose, Shibu M ^a   Shukitt Hale, Barbara ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Cognition; Fruits; Nuts; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL; PLACEBO;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY JUICE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; CRANBERRY JUICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAPE JUICE; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; LYCIUM JUICE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MUSHROOM; NEUROPROTECTION; NUT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; VEGETABLE; WALNUT; AGE; COGNITIVE AGING; HEALTHY AGING; HEALTHY DIET; PROTECTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE AGING; FRUIT; HEALTHY AGING; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; NUTS; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 85009787653     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2016.12.014     Document Type: Article

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