Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 > Hi All, > > How do blueberries fare regarding their brain-function-promotiion? Please see the not Medlined or pdf-available: > > Blueberry Supplemented Diet: Effects on Object Recognition > Memory and Nuclear Factor-kappa B Levels in Aged Rats > > Nutritional Neuroscience April, 2004, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 75-83 (9) > > Goyarzu P.[1]; Malin D.H.[2]; Lau F.C.[2]; Taglialatela G.[3]; Moon W.D.[2]; Jennings R.[2]; Moy E.[2]; Moy D.[2]; Lippold S.[2]; Shukitt-Hale B. [4]; ph J.A.[4] > ... With a 1-h delay between training and testing, aged control diet > rats performed no better than chance. Young rats and aged blueberry > diet rats performed similarly and significantly better than the aged > control diet group. Levels of NFkappa-B in five brain regions of the above > subjects were determined by western blotting assays. In four regions, > aged control diet rats had significantly higher average NFkappa-B levels > than young animals on the control diet. In four regions, aged blueberry > diet rats had significantly lower levels of NFkappa-B than aged control diet > rats. Normalized NFkappa-B levels (averaged across regions and in several > individual regions) correlated negatively and significantly with the > object memory scores. > > > Cheers, Alan Pater, PhD; 4849 Swanson St., Port Alberni, BC, V9Y 6M7; phone: 250 724-0596; email: old542000@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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