Retinal sensitivity loss in third-generation n-3 PUFA-deficient rats

Lipids

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 759-765

  Weisinger, Harrison S ^a,b,c   Armitage, James A ^a   Jeffrey, Brett G ^d   Mitchell, Drake C ^b   Moriguchi, Toru ^b   Sinclair, Andrew J ^c   Weisinger, Richard S ^a   Salem Jr , Norman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; NUTRITION;

RETINAL SENSITIVITY LOSS;

LIPIDS;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; RAT; RETINA; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 0036694932     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-002-0958-3     Document Type: Article

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