Alterations in brain function after loss of docosahexaenoate due to dietary restriction of n-3 fatty acids

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 299-307

  Salem, Norman ^a   Moriguchi, Toru ^a   Greiner, Rebecca Sheaff ^a   McBride, Kathleen ^a,b   Ahmad, Aneeq ^a   Catalan, Janice N ^a   Slotnick, Burton ^b  

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

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain development; Docosahexaenoic acid; Essential fatty acids; Hippocampus; Morris water maze; n 3 fatty acid deficiency; Neuro anatomy; Olfactory discrimination; Spatial task

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAZE TEST; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LINSEED OIL; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MAZE LEARNING; PLANT OILS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; REVERSAL LEARNING; SAFFLOWER OIL; SMELL;

ANIMALIA; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034920086     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:16:2-3:299     Document Type: Article

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