Excess omega-3 fatty acid consumption by mothers during pregnancy and lactation caused shorter life span and abnormal ABRs in old adult offspring

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-181

  Church, M W ^a   Jen, K L C ^b   Anumba, J I ^a   Jackson, D A ^a   Adams, B R ^a   Hotra, J W ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Fish oil; Hearing loss; Lactation; Life span; Omega 3 fatty acids; Omega 6 fatty acids; Postnatal; Pregnancy; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULTHOOD; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEARING ACUITY; LACTATION; LIFESPAN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OVERNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; LACTATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRESBYCUSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77649275042     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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