Effects of krill oil containing n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in phospholipid form on human brain function: A randomized controlled trial in healthy elderly volunteers

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 1247-1257

  Konagai, Chizuru ^a,b   Yanagimoto, Kenichi ^c   Hayamizu, Kohsuke ^c   Li, Han ^c   Tsuji, Tomoko ^c   Koga, Yoshihiko ^b  

^a JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Event related potential; Near infrared spectroscopy; Phosphatidylcholine

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; EDIBLE OIL; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; KRILL OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SARDINE OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

AGED; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUPHAUSIACEA; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; SHELLFISH;

EID: 84884546146     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S50349     Document Type: Article

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