Astrocytes, Not Neurons, Produce Docosahexaenoic Acid (22:6ω‐3) and Arachidonic Acid (20:4ω‐6)

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 518-524

  Moore, Steven A ^a   Yoder, Elizabeth ^a   Murphy, Sean ^a   Dutton, Gary R ^a   Spector, Arthur A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Astrocyte; Docosahexaenoic acid; Fatty acid desaturation; Fatty acid elongation; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMAL; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEURONS; RATS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0026021804     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb08180.x     Document Type: Article

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