Lower docosahexaenoic acid concentrations in the postmortem prefrontal cortex of adult depressed suicide victims compared with controls without cardiovascular disease

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1187-1191

  McNamara, Robert K ^a   Jandacek, Ronald ^a   Tso, Patrick ^a   Dwivedi, Yogesh ^b   Ren, Xinguo ^b   Pandey, Ghanshyam N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA); Omega 3 fatty acid; Postmortem brain; Prefrontal cortex; Suicide

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; VICTIM;

EID: 84880133110     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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