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Friedman Faculty
Natalia A Crivello
Assistant Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Scientist I, Nutrition and Neurocognition Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Education:

Ph.D. in Biology, Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences

Curriculum Vitae:
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Contact Information
Phone: 
(617) 556-3147
Fax: 
(617) 556-3242
Email: 
natalia.crivello@tufts.edu
Research
General Research: 

Aging, nutrition, oxidative stress, brain signaling

Current Research: 

The effect of the dietary vitamin B deficiency on choline metabolism and cognitive functions in aging

Professional Affiliations

American Aging Association; International Society for Neurochemistry; American Society for Neuroscience

Select Recent Publications
Crivello NA, Casseus SL, Peterson JW, Smith DE, Booth SL. Age- and brain region-specific effects of dietary vitamin K on myelin sulfatides. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 2010;21:1083-8. Abstract
Crivello NA, Blusztajn JK, Joseph JA, Shukitt-Hale B, Smith DE. Short-term nutritional folate deficiency in rats has a greater effect on choline and acetylcholine metabolism in the peripheral nervous system than in the brain, and this effect escalates with age. Nutrition Research {(New} York, {N.Y.)}. 2010;30:722-30. Abstract
Sun X, Chiu CC, Liebson E, Crivello NA, Wang L, Claunch J, et al. Depression and plasma amyloid beta peptides in the elderly with and without the apolipoprotein E4 allele. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 2009;23:238-44. Abstract
Booth SL, Peterson JW, Smith DE, Shea KM, Chamberland J, Crivello NA. Age and dietary form of vitamin K affect menaquinone-4 concentrations in male Fischer 344 rats. The Journal of Nutrition. 2008;138:492-6. Abstract
Troen AM, Wei-Hsun, Crivello NA, D'Anci KE, Shukitt-Hale B, Smith DE, et al. Cognitive impairment in folate-deficient rats corresponds to depleted brain phosphatidylcholine and is prevented by dietary methionine without lowering plasma homocysteine. The Journal of Nutrition. 2008;138:2502-9. Abstract
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