Cognitive performance in older adults is inversely associatedwith fish consumption but not erythrocyte membrane n-3 fatty acids

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 311-320

  Danthiir, Vanessa ^a   Hosking, Diane ^a   Burns, Nicholas R ^b   Wilson, Carlene ^a,c   Nettelbeck, Ted ^b   Calvaresi, Eva ^a   Clifton, Peter ^a,d   Wittert, Gary A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; COGNITION; DIET; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84894275464     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.175695     Document Type: Article

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