The effects of maternal dietary docosahexaenoic acid intake on rat pup myelin and the auditory startle response

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 460-467

  Haubner, Laura ^a,d   Sullivan, Janet ^a   Ashmeade, Terri ^a   Saste, Monisha ^c   Wiener, Doris ^b   Carver, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Auditory startle; Brainstem; Docosahexaenoic acid; Fatty acid; Lactation; Myelin; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; MYELIN;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; STOMACH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; MILK; MYELIN SHEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 34748906002     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107047     Document Type: Article

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