PUFAs, A Dietary Supplement and Seizure Threshold

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-4-9

Keywords:

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Docosahexaenoic Acid, Eicosapentaenoic Acid

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.

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Published

2013-04-01

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Section

Antiepileptic Medications