Chronic n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid deficiency alters dopamine vesicle density in the rat frontal cortex

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 25-28

  Zimmer, L ^a   Delpal, S ^b   Guilloteau, D ^a   Aïoun, J ^b   Durand, G ^b   Chalon, S ^a  

^a ISERM U316   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Electron microscopy; Frontal cortex; n 3 Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Vesicular compartment

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DOPAMINE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0034697059     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00950-2     Document Type: Article

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