An imbalance of dietary essential fatty acids retards behavioral development in mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 833-839

  Wainwright, P E ^a   Jalali, E ^a   Mutsaers, L M ^a   Bell, R ^a   Cvitkovic, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

(n 6):(n 3) Ratio; Behavioral development; Brain single cell oils; Essential fatty acids; High docosahexaenoic acid; Mice; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DIET; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LITTER SIZE; MALNUTRITION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING;

EID: 0032973505     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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