Dietary α-Linolenic Acid at 1.3 g/kg Maintains Maximal Docosahexaenoic Acid Concentration in Brain, Heart and Liver of Adult Rats

The Essentiality of N-3 Fatty Acids for the Development and Function of the Retina and Brain

Gregory J. Anderson · Annual Review of Nutrition · 1988 · 680 citations

Life Sciences, Nutrition, Physiology +17

The Effects of Dietary α-Linolenic Acid on the Composition of Nerve Membranes, Enzymatic Activity, Amplitude of Electrophysiological Parameters, Resistance to Poisons and Performance of Learning Tasks in Rats

Jean‐Marie Bourre, Marianne Francois, A. Youyou et al. · Journal of Nutrition · 1989 · 666 citations

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Dietary omega-3 fatty acid deficiency and visual loss in infant rhesus monkeys.

Martha Neuringer, W E Connor, C Van Petten et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1984 · 650 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences +17

Membrane docosahexaenoate is supplied to the developing brain and retina by the liver.

B.L. Scott, Nicolás G. Bazán · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1989 · 440 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Nutritional Sciences +17

Effect of dietary alpha-linolenate/linoleate balance on brain lipid compositions and learning ability of rats.

Naohiro Yamamoto, Masaki Saitoh, Akihiro Moriuchi et al. · Journal of Lipid Research · 1987 · 386 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Nutritional Sciences +17