N-docosahexaenoylethanolamide promotes development of hippocampal neurons

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 435, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-336

  Kim, Hee Yong ^a   Moon, Hyun Seuk ^a   Cao, Dehua ^a   Lee, Jeongrim ^a   Kevala, Karl ^a   Jun, Sang Beom ^b   Lovinger, David M ^a   Akbar, Mohammed ^a   Huang, Bill X ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA); Hippocampus; N docosahexaenoylethanolamide (DEA); Neurite growth; Neuron; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

CERVONIC ACID; CYCLOHEXYLCARBAMIC ACID 3' CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL 3 YL ESTER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N DOCOSAHEXAENOYLETHANOLAMIDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SYNAPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURITES; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79953173933     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20102118     Document Type: Article

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