The oil-rich alga Schizochytrium sp. as a dietary source of docosahexaenoic acid improves shape discrimination learning associated with visual processing in a canine model of senescence

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 118, Issue , 2017, Pages 10-18

  Hadley, K B ^a   Bauer, J ^a   Milgram, N W ^a  

^a DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Algae; Cognitive function; Contrast sensitivity; Docosahexaenoic acid; Memory; Omega 3; Schizochytrium; Senescence; Shape recognition; Variable contrast; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; 8-EPI-PROSTAGLANDIN F2ALPHA; EDIBLE OIL; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ALGA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAGLE; BIOMASS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM; SENESCENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; AGING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STRAMENOPILE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DINOPROST; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOGS; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 85013485945     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: 15322823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2017.01.011     Document Type: Article

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