Involvement of chewing in memory processes in humans: An approach using fMRI

International Congress Series

Volumn 1270, Issue C, 2004, Pages 111-116

  Sasaguri, K ^a   Sato, S ^a   Hirano, Y ^a   Aoki, S ^b   Ishikawa, T ^b   Fujita, M ^c   Watanabe, K ^c   Tomida, M ^d   Ido, Y ^e   Onozuka, M ^a  

^a KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Kizawa Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Chewing; Hippocampus; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010410238     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.04.046     Document Type: Article

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