Maternal intake of Omega-3 essential fatty acids improves long term potentiation in the dentate gyrus and Morris water maze performance in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1482, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-39

  Kavraal, Sehrazat ^a   Oncu, Sena Kara ^a   Bitiktas, Soner ^a   Artis, A Seda ^b   Dolu, Nazan ^a   Gunes, Tamer ^a   Suer, Cem ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Essential fatty acid; Hippocampal learning and memory; Long term potentiation

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MAZE TEST; MORRIS WATER MAZE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; DENTATE GYRUS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MAZE LEARNING; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PERFORANT PATHWAY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84867335385     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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