α-Linolenic acid dietary deficiency alters age-related changes of dopaminergic and serotoninergic neurotransmission in the rat frontal cortex

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1582-1591

  Delion, Sylvie ^a   Chalon, Sylvie ^a,c   Guilloteau, Denis ^a   Besnard, Jean Claude ^a   Durand, Georges ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Lab Biophysique et Biomathematiques   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Dopaminergic system; Frontal cortex; Rats; Serotoninergic system; Linolenic acid deficiency

Indexed keywords

LINOLENIC ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0029670369     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66041582.x     Document Type: Article

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