Effects of dietary n-3 fatty acid deficiency and repletion in the guinea pig retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 327-338

  Weisinger, Harrison Scott ^a   Vingrys, Algis Jonas ^a   Bui, Bang Viet ^a   Sinclair, Andrew James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SAFFLOWER OIL;

A WAVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISION; WAVEFORM;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; GUINEA PIGS; LIPIDS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLANT OILS; RETINA; VISION;

EID: 0032894860     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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