Cognitive and physiological effects of Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in healthy subjects

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 691-699

  Fontani, Giuliano ^a   Corradeschi, F ^a   Felici, A ^a   Alfatti, F ^a   Migliorini, S ^a   Lodi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG; EMG; Event related potentials; Mood states; Omega 3; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE MEMBRANE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; THETA RHYTHM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AFFECT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 27844525844     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2005.01570.x     Document Type: Article

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