Transgenic mice with high endogenous omega-3 fatty acids are protected from spinal cord injury

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-112

  Lim, Siew Na ^a,b   Gladman, Stacy J ^a   Dyall, Simon C ^a,c   Patel, Urva ^a   Virani, Nabeel ^a   Kang, Jing X ^d   Priestley, John V ^a   Michael Titus, Adina T ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroprotection; Omega 3 fatty acids; Spinal cord injury; Transgenic fat 1 mice

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID DIET; LOCOMOTION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL GANGLION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84872682189     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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