Omega-3 fatty acids modify human cortical visual processing-a double-blind, crossover study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Bauer, Isabelle ^a   Crewther, David P ^a   Pipingas, Andrew ^a   Rowsell, Renee ^a   Cockerell, Robyn ^a   Crewther, Sheila G ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL VISUAL PROCESSING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055168536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028214     Document Type: Article

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