Omega-3 fatty acids, the brain, and retina
By: volume editors, Artemis P. Simopoulos,  Nicolas G. Bazan.
Contributors: Simopoulos, Artemis P., 1933-; Bazán, Nicolás G.
Series: World review of nutrition and dietetics -- v. 99
Publisher: Karger
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Basel; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9783805590198
Subjects: Nervous system -- Degeneration -- Molecular aspects; Omega-3 fatty acids -- Physiological effect; Retina -- Pathophysiology; Brain Diseases -- metabolism; Brain Chemistry; Fatty Acids, Omega-3 -- physiology; Retina -- chemistry
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Omega-6/omega-3 essential fatty acids : biological effects / Simopoulos, A.P.; title: Depression, suicide, and deficiencies of omega-3 essential fatty acids in modern diets / Hibbeln, J.R.; title: Application of serial structural magnetic resonance imaging analysis and proton and 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy to the investigation of cerebral fatty acids in major depressive disorder, Huntington's disease (chorea), and myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue syndrome), and in forensic patients with schizophrenia who have seriously and violently offended / Puri, B.K.; Tsaluchidu, S.; Treasaden, I.H.; title: Omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid is the precursor of neuroprotectin D1 in the nervous system / Niemoller, T.D.; Stark, D.T.; Bazan, N.G.; title: Docosahexaenoic acid and amyloid-[beta] peptide signaling in Alzheimer's disease / Lukiw, W.J.; title: Administration of docosahexaenoic acid, uridine, and choline increases levels of synaptic membranes and dendritic spines in rodent brain / Wurtman, R.J., Cansev, M., Treasaden, T.; title: An assessment of dietary docosahexaenoic acid requirements for brain accretion and turnover during early childhood / Hadley, K.B. ... [et al.]; title: Variation in lipid-associated genes as they relate to risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration / SanGiovanni, J.P., Mehta, S., Mehta, S.