The neuroprotective effect of long-term n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids supplementation in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of aging rats

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-242

  Firla̧g, Maciej ^a   Kamaszewski, Maciej ^a   Gaca, Katarzyna ^a   Adamek, Dobrochna ^a   Bałasiñska, Bozena ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Arachidonic acid; Brain; Docosahexaenoic acid; N 3 PUFA

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RISK REDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH OILS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84885457505     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/fn.2013.37708     Document Type: Article

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