Long-term treatment with fish oil prevents memory impairments but not hippocampal damage in rats subjected to transient, global cerebral ischemia

Nutrition Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 798-808

  Fernandes, Juliana S ^a   Mori, Marco A ^a   Ekuni, Roberta ^a   Oliveira, Rúbia Maria W ^a   Milani, Humberto ^a  

^a Universidade Estadual de Maringa Centro de Ciencias da Saude Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Fish oil; Global cerebral ischemia; Learning and memory, Rats; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WORKING MEMORY;

AMNESIA; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FISH OILS; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); RATTUS;

EID: 55349111164     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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