Replenishment of docosahexaenoic acid in n-3 fatty acid-deficient fetal rats by intraamniotic ethyl-docosahexaenoate administration

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 264-272

  Green, Pnina ^a   Kamensky, Batia ^a   Yavin, Ephraim ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

brain development; deficiency; docosahexaenoic acid; fetus; n 3 fatty acid; phospholipids; polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMNION; ANIMALS; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; INJECTIONS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030975228     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970501)48:3<264::AID-JNR9>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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