PUFAs, A Dietary Supplement and Seizure Threshold

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-4-9

PUFAs, A Dietary Supplement and Seizure Threshold

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 4

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Apr 2013

Abstract

Investigators at the University of Toronto, Canada studied the effects of chronic dietary supplementation with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) derived from fish oil on seizure thresholds in the amygdala as well as on blood and brain PUFA levels in 60-day-old rats.

References

Taha AY Trepanier MO Ciobanu FA Taha NM Ahmed M Zeng Q A minimum of 3 months of dietary fish oil supplementation is required to raise amygdaloid afterdischarge seizure thresholds in rats – implications for treating complex partial seizures Epilepsy Behav 2013 Apr 27 1 49 58 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.12.004 23376336
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-4-9 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 32 - 32

Published on: Apr 1, 2013

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids,

Docosahexaenoic Acid,

Eicosapentaenoic Acid

© 2013 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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