Possible role of the choroid plexus in the supply of brain tissue with polyunsaturated fatty acids

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-4

  Bourrea, J M ^a   Dinh, L ^a   Boithias, C ^a   Dumont, O ^a   Piciotti, M ^a   Cunnane, S ^b  

^a HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

brain microvessels; choroid plexus; desaturase; lipids; polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0031041442     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13440-1     Document Type: Article

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