The Fat-1 mouse has brain docosahexaenoic acid levels achievable through fish oil feeding

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 811-819

  Orr, Sarah K ^a   Tong, Jasmin Y M ^a   Kang, Jing X ^b   Ma, David W L ^a,c   Bazinet, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Docosahexaenoic acid; Fat 1; Fish oil; Mouse; N 3 PUFA

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; SAFFLOWER OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FISH OILS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SAFFLOWER OIL;

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77953288863     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-010-0139-x     Document Type: Article

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