Different dietary omega-3 sources during pregnancy and DHA in the developing rat brain

OCL - Oleagineux Corps Gras Lipides

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 259-262

  Childs, Caroline E ^a,b   Fear, Alison L ^a   Hoile, Samuel P ^a   Calder, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Omega 3; Pregnancy; Sex

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

EID: 81455159252     PISSN: 12588210     EISSN: 1950697X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ocl.2011.0391     Document Type: Article

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