Effects of dietary docosahexaenoic acid connecting phospholipids on the learning ability and fatty acid composition of the brain

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 374-380

  Hiratsuka, Seiichi ^a   Koizumi, Kyoko ^a   Ooba, Tomoko ^b   Yokogoshi, Hidehiko ^c  

^a Shizuoka Prefectural Research Institute of Fishery   (Japan)

^b Maruhachi Muramatsu Inc   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Fatty acid; Learning ability; Phospholipid; Plasmalogen

Indexed keywords

ACETAL; DIMETHYLACETAL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLASMALOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LEARNING; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DIET; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; SOYBEAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ACETALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANT OILS; SOYBEANS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; GLYCINE MAX; MUS;

EID: 71049144929     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.55.374     Document Type: Article

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