(n-6) and (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids and the aging brain: Food for thought

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2521-2522

  Whelan, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGING; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER;

AGED; AGING; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BRAIN; COGNITION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; HUMANS;

EID: 57349198915     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.095943     Document Type: Conference Paper

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