Effect of a Strawberry and Spinach Dietary Supplement on Spatial Learning in Early and Late Middle-Aged Female Rats
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Subjects
2.2. Diet
2.3. Apparatus & Procedure
Morris Water Maze
3. Results
3.1. Latency
Path Length
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Group | n | Day | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
EMA-Control | 10 | 28.02(3.68) | 30.26(5.28) | 29.52(4.63) | 27.53(4.59) |
EMA-HAD | 10 | 27.16(3.48) | 28.40(4.61) | 28.08(3.54) | 28.36(4.35) |
LMA-Control | 11 | 25.57(2.88) | 25.21(3.88) | 23.63(3.38) | 23.18(2.71) |
LMA-HAD | 11 | 26.66(2.79) | 25.10(3.76) | 23.48(4.06) | 23.14(4.47) |
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Millin, P.M.; Rickert, G.T. Effect of a Strawberry and Spinach Dietary Supplement on Spatial Learning in Early and Late Middle-Aged Female Rats. Antioxidants 2019, 8, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8010001
Millin PM, Rickert GT. Effect of a Strawberry and Spinach Dietary Supplement on Spatial Learning in Early and Late Middle-Aged Female Rats. Antioxidants. 2019; 8(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleMillin, Paula M., and Gina T. Rickert. 2019. "Effect of a Strawberry and Spinach Dietary Supplement on Spatial Learning in Early and Late Middle-Aged Female Rats" Antioxidants 8, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8010001