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Takashi Yamada1, Takehiko Terashima, Hiroyuki Honma
1COE Program in the 21st Century and Cooperation of Innovative Technology and Advanced Research in the Evolutional Area (CITY AREA), University of Shizuoka, Japan.
Abstract:
We identified an effect of theanine on memory functions in a novel object test. Rats were fed theanine for 3 weeks ad libitum, and then they performed the object test. The theanine-fed group performed search behavior for the novel object in the test session. The results suggest that theanine-fed rats showed improved recognition, and that theanine affected learning and memory.
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