Dietary fat intake and the brain: A developing frontier in biological psychiatry

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 182-184

  Greenwood, C E ^a   Young, S N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FAT; FATTY ACID;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN METABOLISM; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; FAT INTAKE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; LOW FAT DIET; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PATHOGENESIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BRAIN; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIETARY FATS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0034967472     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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