The role of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3) in neuronal signaling

Lipids

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Kim, Hee Yong ^a   Edsall, Lisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DNA FRAGMENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; LIPID ANALYSIS; MACROGLIA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 0033002062     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02562308     Document Type: Article

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