The emerging role of omega-3 fatty acids in psychiatry

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 75, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 223-225

  McNamara, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOPAMINE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SEROTONIN;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY EFFECT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 33748958437     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2006.07.003     Document Type: Editorial

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