DHA depletion in rat brain is associated with impairment on spatial learning and memory

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 474-480

  Xiao, Ying ^a,b   Wang, Ling ^c,d   Xu, Ruo Jun ^c   Chen, Zhen Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Memory; Morris water maze; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 33847295289     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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