Age-related changes in phospholipid fatty acid composition and monoaminergic neurotransmission in the hippocampus of rats fed a balanced or an n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid-deficient diet

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 680-689

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

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

(n 3) PUFA deficiency; aging; dopamine; monoamine oxidase; phosphatidylserine; serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SEROTONIN; SPHINGOMYELIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME ASSAY; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030948048     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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