Astrocytes in Culture Require Docosahexaenoic Acid to Restore the n-3/n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Balance in Their Membrane Phospholipids

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 96-106

  Champeil Potokar, Gaëlle ^a   Denis, Isabelle ^a   Goustard Langelier, Bénédicte ^a   Alessandri, Jean Marc ^a   Guesnet, Philippe ^a   Lavialle, Monique ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Astrocytes; Cell culture; Docosahexaenoic acid; Membrane phospholipids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETAL CALF SERUM; HAMSTER; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CRICETINAE; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DNA; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0347629017     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10817     Document Type: Article

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