Cognitive impairment in rats fed high-fat diets: A specific effect of saturated fatty-acid intake

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 451-459

  Greenwood, Carol E ^a,b   Winocur, Gordon ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MEMBRANE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIPID DIET; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; MALE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; RATS;

EID: 0030006441     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.3.451     Document Type: Article

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