The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 20, Issue 12 , Pages 948-955 , December 2009

Anxiolytic effects of short- and long-term administration of cacao mass on rat elevated T-maze test

  • Takashi Yamada

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Nutritional Biochemistry, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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  • Yasushi Yamada

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Nutritional Biochemistry, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuyo Okano

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Nutritional Biochemistry, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
    • ,
  • Takehiko Terashima

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Nutritional Biochemistry, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
    • School of Health Promotional Science, University of Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu 431-2102, Japan
    • ,
  • Hidehiko Yokogoshi

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Nutritional Biochemistry, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 54 264 5558; fax: +81 54 263 7079.

Received 6 February 2008 ,Revised 11 August 2008 ,Accepted 14 August 2008.

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☆ This work was supported in part by grants for scientific research from Shizuoka Prefecture, and the 21st Century COE program from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.

PII: S0955-2863(08)00192-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2008.08.007

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 20, Issue 12 , Pages 948-955 , December 2009

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