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. 2011 Sep 29;27(5):330. doi: 10.1007/s12264-011-1523-5

The effects of dietary choline

含胆碱饮食的重要性

Elisabetta Biasi 1,2,✉
PMCID: PMC5560315  PMID: 21934729

Abstract

Food intake can influence neuronal functions through different modulators expressed in the brain. The present review is a report through relevant experimental findings on the effects of choline, a nutritional component found in the diet, to identify a safe and effective dietary solution that can offer some protection against neurotoxicity and neurological disorders and that can be implemented in animals and humans in a very short period of time.

Keywords: choline, neurotoxicity, neuroprotection

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