Omega-3 fatty acids deprivation affects ontogeny of glutamatergic synapses in rats: Relevance for behavior alterations

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 56, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 753-759

  Moreira, Júlia D ^a   Knorr, Luisa ^a   Ganzella, Marcelo ^a   Thomazi, Ana Paula ^a   de Souza, Carolina G ^a   de Souza, Débora G ^a   Pitta, Carolina F ^a   e Souza, Tadeu Mello ^a   Wofchuk, Susana ^a   Elisabetsky, Elaine ^a   Vinadé, Lúcia ^a,b   Perry, Marcos L S ^a   Souza, Diogo O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Brain development; Glutamatergic system; Hippocampus; Memory; Omega 3 deprivation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; JUMPING; MAZE TEST; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; ONTOGENY; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; LACTATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOSOMES; TRITIUM;

RATTUS;

EID: 77952287096     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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