The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 20, Issue 12 , Pages 974-981 , December 2009

The beneficial effects of nettle supplementation and exercise on brain lesion and memory in rat

  • Anna Toldy

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute for Sport Sciences, Semmelweis University, 1123 Budapest, Hungary
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  • Mustafa Atalay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Kuopio, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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  • Krisztián Stadler

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Science, 1025 Budapest, Hungary
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  • Mária Sasvári

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute for Sport Sciences, Semmelweis University, 1123 Budapest, Hungary
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  • Judit Jakus

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Science, 1025 Budapest, Hungary
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  • Kyung J. Jung

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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  • Hae Y. Chung

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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  • Csaba Nyakas

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute for Sport Sciences, Semmelweis University, 1123 Budapest, Hungary
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  • Zsolt Radák

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute for Sport Sciences, Semmelweis University, 1123 Budapest, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +36 1 4879216; fax: +36 1 3566337.

Received 30 January 2008 ,Revised 5 September 2008 ,Accepted 5 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2008.09.001

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 20, Issue 12 , Pages 974-981 , December 2009

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