Supplementing female rats with DHA-lysophosphatidylcholine increases docosahexaenoic acid and acetylcholine contents in the brain and improves the memory and learning capabilities of the pups

Grasas y Aceites

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-23

  Valenzuela, Alfonso ^a   Nieto, Susana ^a   Sanhueza, Julio ^a   Morgado, Nora ^a   Rojas, Ingrid ^a   Zanartu, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brain acetylcholine; Choline; DHA supplementation; Lysophospholipids; Skinner box test

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; DHA SUPPLEMENTATION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LEARNING AND MEMORY; LEARNING CAPABILITIES; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; OPERANT CONDITIONING;

OBSTETRICS; PLASMAS; RATS; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BRAIN;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 75449107572     PISSN: 00173495     EISSN: 19884214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/gya.053709     Document Type: Article

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