Long-term fish oil supplementation attenuates seizure activity in the amygdala induced by 3-mercaptopropionic acid in adult male rats

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 126-134

  Flores Mancilla, L E ^a   Hernandez Gonzalez M ^b   Guevara, M A ^b   Benavides Haro, D E ^a   Martinez Arteaga P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

3 Mercaptopropionic acid; Amygdala; Electroencephalogram; N 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; Neuroprotection; Seizures

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; FISH OIL; PALM OIL;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL SEIZURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MATING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY; PUP (RODENT); RACINE SCALE; RAT; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEANING; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURES; WISTAR RAT;

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FISH OILS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 84896510824     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.02.023     Document Type: Article

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