Maternal dietary (n-3) fatty acid deficiency alters neurogenesis in the embryonic rat brain

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1570-1575

  Bertrand, Pauline Coti ^a   O'Kusky, John R ^a   Innis, Sheila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

(n 3) fatty acids; Cerebral cortex; Dentate gyrus; Docosahexaenoic acid; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT;

EID: 33646802663     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.6.1570     Document Type: Conference Paper

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