Synapse formation and cognitive brain development: effect of docosahexaenoic acid and other dietary constituents

Abstract The brain is unusual among organs in that the rates of many of its characteristic enzymatic reactions are controlled by the local concentrations of their substrates, which also happen to be nutrients that cross the blood-brain barrier. Thus, for example, brain levels of tryptophan, tyrosine...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Metabolism, clinical and experimental clinical and experimental, 2008-10, Vol.57 (10), p.S6-S10
1. Verfasser:	Wurtman, Richard J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biological and medical sciences Brain - drug effects Brain - embryology Brain - growth & development Brain - metabolism Cognition - drug effects Cognition - physiology Dendrites - drug effects Dendrites - metabolism Diet Docosahexaenoic Acids - pharmacology Endocrinology & Metabolism Fatty Acids, Omega-3 - pharmacology Fatty Acids, Omega-6 - pharmacology Feeding. Feeding behavior Food Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Phospholipids - metabolism Synapses - drug effects Synapses - physiology Uridine - pharmacology Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
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