Fatty acid composition of human brain phospholipids during normal development

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2528-2533

  Martínez, Manuela ^a   Mougan, Isabel ^a  

^a Laboratoris Clinics Hosp Vall d'H   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adrenic acid; Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Human brain development; Phospholipids; Plasmalogens

Indexed keywords

15 TETRACOSENOIC ACID; ADRENIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ETHANOLAMINE; FATTY ACID ESTER; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLASMALOGEN; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SPHINGOMYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MYELINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031773487     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71062528.x     Document Type: Article

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