N-3 fatty acid deficiency induced by a modified artificial rearing method leads to poorer performance in spatial learning tasks

Pediatric Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 741-748

  Lim, Sun Young ^a   Hoshiba, Junji ^b   Moriguchi, Toru ^c   Salem Jr , Norman ^c  

^a Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; WEANING;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; LEARNING; LIPIDS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25444501242     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000180547.46725.CC     Document Type: Article

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