Fish oils and aggression or hostility

Progress in Lipid Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 221-232

  Hamazaki, Tomohito ^a   Hamazaki, Kei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Fish oils; Hostility; n 3 fatty acids; Serotonin; Suicide

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ENDOCANNABINOID; FISH OIL; FOLIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; STEROID;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN SIZE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FISH OILS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 42749089460     PISSN: 01637827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2008.02.001     Document Type: Review

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