Docosahexaenoic acid promotes neurite growth in hippocampal neurons

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 979-988

  Calderon, Frances ^a   Kim, Hee Yong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Docosahexaenoic acid; Hippocampus; N 3 fatty acid deficiency; Neurite growth; Primary culture

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FETUS; GROWTH STIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CELLS, CULTURED; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FOOD, FORMULATED; GROWTH CONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURITES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 4143102415     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02520.x     Document Type: Article

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