Developmental changes in rat brain membrane lipids and fatty acids: The preferential prenatal accumulation of docosahexaenoic acid

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 960-966

  Green, Pnina ^a,b   Glozman, Sabina ^b   Kamensky, Batya ^b   Yavin, Ephraim ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain development; Essential fatty acids; Phospholipids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032896017     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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