Olfactory discrimination deficits in n - 3 fatty acid-deficient rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 379-385

  Greiner, Rebecca Sheaff ^a   Moriguchi, Toru ^a   Slotnick, Burton M ^b   Hutton, Ana ^a   Salem Jr , Norman ^a  

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

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; DHA; Docosahexaenoic acid; Essential fatty acids; n 3 fatty acid deficiency; Odor discrimination; Olfaction; Omega 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; LEARNING; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0035079966     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00437-6     Document Type: Article

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