Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic analysis of rat brain microsomal membranes modified by dietary fatty acids: Possible correlation with altered learning behavior

Biospectroscopy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-290

  Yoshida, S ^a   Miyazaki, M ^a   Sakai, K ^a   Takeshita, M ^a   Yuasa, S ^b   Sato, A ^b   Kobayashi, T ^b   Watanabe, S ^b   Okuyama, H ^b  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain microsomal membranes; Fatty acids; FTIR; Learning behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001318591     PISSN: 10754261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6343(1997)3:4<281::AID-BSPY3>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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