Dietary omega-3 fatty acids and ganglion cell function

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3586-3594

  Nguyen, Christine T O ^a   Vingrys, Algis J ^a   Bui, Bang V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; EDIBLE OIL; LIPID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUB; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENERATOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; MARE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; LIPIDS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 49049090006     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-1735     Document Type: Article

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