Effects of postnatal ethanol exposure on brain growth and lipid composition in n-3 fatty acid-deficient and-adequate rats

Lipids

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1177-1186

  Ward, G R ^a   Xing, H C ^a   Wainwright, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; MALTODEXTRIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; RAT;

EID: 0032804616     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-999-0469-2     Document Type: Article

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