Anterior cingulate cortex mediates the relationship between O3PUFAs and executive functions in APOE e4 carriers

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Zamroziewicz, Marta K ^a   Paul, Erick J ^a   Rubin, Rachael D ^a,b   Barbey, Aron K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Cognitive aging; Executive function; Nutritional neuroscience; Omega 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84931263967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00087     Document Type: Article

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