Fish Oil Supplementation Prevents Age-Related Memory Decline: Involvement of Nuclear Hormone Receptors

Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Brain and Neurological Health

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 147-161

  Alfos, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

brain aging; DHA; LC n 3 PUFA; memory; n 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; peroxisome proliferator activated receptors; PPARs; RARs; retinoic acid nuclear receptors; retinoid X receptors; RXRs; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927553269     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-410527-0.00013-2     Document Type: Chapter

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