Essential fatty acids are mediators of brain biochemistry and cognitive functions

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 565-570

  Yehuda, Shlomo ^a   Rabinovitz, Sharon ^a   Mostofsky, David I ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cortisol; CRH; Essential fatty acids; HPA axis; Immune system; Learning; n 3; n 6; Neuronal membrane; Peptides; Prostaglandins; Releasing factors

Indexed keywords

CELL ENZYME; CHOLESTEROL; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; HORMONE; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PEPTIDE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN; RECEPTOR; RELEASING FACTOR; SEROTONIN;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP; STRESS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; COGNITION; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NEURONS;

EID: 0033564615     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990615)56:6<565::AID-JNR2>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Short Survey

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