Interrelationships among diabetes, long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid nutrition and brain development in rodents
Conversion of linoleic (LA) and α-linolenic acid (ALA) is vital in providing arachidonic (AA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and this capacity is up-regulated in pregnancy. However, the synthesizing enzymes are depressed in diabetes due to insulin deficiency or resistance, and the physiological ad...
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McGill University
2011
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