Effects of Essence of Chicken on Cognitive Brain Function: A Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study

2013 Jan 23   Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry   Chizuru KONAGAI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Keiichi ABE, Nobuo TSURUOKA, Yoshihiko KOGA

The changes in oxy-hemoglobin concentrations significantly increased in several regions of the prefrontal areas of the brain in those taking essence of chicken for 7 d. These results suggest that essence of chicken is useful as a nutritional supplement to enhance or maintain brain function in the elderly.