Long-term ω-3 fatty acid supplementation induces anti-stress effects and improves learning in rats

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pérez, Miguel Á ^a,b   Terreros, Gonzalo ^a   Dagnino Subiabre, Alexies ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

3 polyunsaturated fatty acid; Anxiety; Learning; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; WATER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; MENTAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORTICOSTERONE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878893833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-9-25     Document Type: Article

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