Phospholipid supplementation reverses behavioral and biochemical alterations induced by n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid deficiency in mice

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 473-480

  Carrié, Isabelle ^a,b   Clément, Michel ^a   De Javel, Dominique ^b   Francès, Henriette ^a   Bourre, Jean Marie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Laboratoires Ponroy   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Learning; N 3 PUFA deficiency; Phospholipid supplementation

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MEMBRANE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; LEARNING; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EID: 0343729416     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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