Fish oil-supplementation from 9 to 12 months of age affects infant attention in a free-play test and is related to change in blood pressure

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 327-333

  Harbild, H L ^a   Harslof L B S ^a   Christensen, J H ^b   Kannass, K N ^c   Lauritzen, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous function; Cognitive development; Docosahexaenoic acid; Infant diet; N 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RR INTERVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE (SYSTOLIC SBP & DIASTOLIC DBP); BP; CENTRAL NERVOUS FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CNS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DHA; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ECG; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ELECTRO-CARDIOGRAM; EPA; FA%; FATTY ACIDS GIVEN AS AREA PERCENTAGE; FISH OIL; FO; HEART RATE; HR; INFANT DIET; LCPUFA; LONG-CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; N-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; RBC; RED BLOOD CELL;

ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84886950405     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: 15322823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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