Fatty acid composition of the postmortem prefrontal cortex of adolescent male and female suicide victims

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-26

  McNamara, Robert K ^a   Jandacek, Ronald ^a   Rider, Therese ^a   Tso, Patrick ^a   Dwivedi, Yogesh ^b   Roberts, Rosalinda C ^c,d   Conley, Robert R ^c   Pandey, Ghanshyam N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA); Gender; Omega 3 fatty acid; Postmortem brain; Prefrontal cortex; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADRENIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CADAVER; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649098840     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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