date:May 06, 2013
to help preserve cognitive function
Releasing findings detailing their work to the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, the study team fed rats a berry diet for two months and then looked at their brains for signs of brain dysfunction after irradiation, a model designed to accelerate the aging process. The animals were divided into two groups; one was evaluated after 36 hours of radiation and the other after 30 days. The scientists looked for neurochemical changes in the