Essential fatty acids predict metabolites of serotonin and dopamine in cerebrospinal fluid among healthy control subjects, and early- and late- onset alcoholics

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-242

  Hibbeln, Joseph R ^a   Linnoila, Markku ^a   Umhau, John C ^a   Rawlings, Robert ^a   George, David T ^a   Salem Jr , Norman ^a  

^a Sect Clin and Exp Neuropsychol   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxyindoleacetic acid; Alcoholism; Arachidonic acid; Cholesterol; Docosahexaenoic acid; Essential fatty acids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Serotonin; Suicide; Violence

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOPAMINE; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROTONIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 18844472139     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00141-3     Document Type: Article

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