Dietary fish oil modestly attenuates the effect of age on diastolic function but has no effect on memory or brain inflammation in aged rats

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 521-533

  Sergeant, Susan ^a   McQuail, Joseph A ^a   Riddle, David R ^a   Chilton, Floyd H ^a   Ortmeier, Steven B ^b   Jessup, Jewell A ^a   Groban, Leanne ^a   Nicolle, Michelle M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 fatty acids; Cardiac fibrosis; Fish oil; Hippocampus; Microglia; Omega

Indexed keywords

HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); RATTUS;

EDIBLE OIL; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; COGNITION; DIASTOLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENCEPHALITIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; VISION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; COGNITION; DIASTOLE; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; ENCEPHALITIS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH OILS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 79958253853     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr017     Document Type: Article

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