Dietary docosahexaenoic acid [22: 6(n-3)] as a phospholipid or a triglyceride enhances the potassium chloride-evoked release of acetylcholine in rat hippocampus

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1008-1013

  Aid S ^a   Vancassel, S ^a   Linard, A ^a   Lavialle, M ^a   Guesnet, P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Docosahexaenoic acid; Hippocampus; Microdialysis; Rats

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; LINOLENIC ACID; MILK FAT; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROLYSIS; LACTATION; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 18344377566     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.5.1008     Document Type: Article

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