Effect of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on brain lipid fatty acid composition, learning ability, and memory of senescence-accelerated mouse

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1153-1160

  Petursdottir, Anna L ^a   Farr, Susan A ^b,c   Morley, John E ^b,c   Banks, William A ^b,c   Skuladottir, Gudrun V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Docosahexaenoic acid; Hippocampus; Memory; n 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE ACCELERATED MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 57149085923     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.11.1153     Document Type: Article

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