Blueberry- and spirulina-enriched diets enhance striatal dopamine recovery and induce a rapid, transient microglia activation after injury of the rat nigrostriatal dopamine system.

Strömberg, Ingrid

Blueberry- and spirulina-enriched diets enhance striatal dopamine recovery and induce a rapid, transient microglia activation after injury of the rat nigrostriatal dopamine system. [electronic resource] - Experimental neurology Dec 2005 - 298-307 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

0014-4886

10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.08.013 doi


Animals
Bacterial Proteins--administration & dosage
Blueberry Plants
Calcium-Binding Proteins--metabolism
Cell Count--methods
Corpus Striatum--cytology
Disease Models, Animal
Dopamine--metabolism
Food, Formulated
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein--metabolism
Histocompatibility Antigens Class II--metabolism
Immunohistochemistry--methods
Male
Microfilament Proteins
Microglia--physiology
Nerve Degeneration--chemically induced
Neurons--physiology
Oxidopamine
Rats
Rats, Inbred F344
Recovery of Function--physiology
Spirulina
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase--metabolism