Dietary PUFA supplements reduce memory deficits but not CA1 ischemic injury in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 492-500

  Plamondon, Hélène ^a   Roberge, Marie Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Fish oil; Global activity; Global ischemia; Rat; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERROR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISTAR RAT; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52949120307     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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