n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids supplementation enhances hippocampal functionality in aged mice

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages 1-53

  Cutuli, Debora ^a,b   de Bartolo, Paola ^a,b   Caporali, Paola ^a,b   Laricchiuta, Daniela ^a,b   Foti, Francesca ^a,b   Ronci, Maurizio ^c,d   Rossi, Claudia ^c   Neri, Cristina ^b,e   Spalletta, Gianfranco ^b   Caltagirone, Carlo ^b,e   Farioli Vecchioli, Stefano ^b   Petrosini, Laura ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARNITINE; LEVACECARNINE; LIPOFUSCIN; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACROGLIA; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROGLIA; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECOGNITION; VOLUMETRY; Y-MAZE TEST;

EID: 84906274315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00220     Document Type: Article

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