Maternal Supplementation With Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Pulp and Oil Alters Reflex Maturation, Physical Development, and Offspring Memory in Rats

Maternal Supplementation With Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Pulp and Oil Alters Reflex Maturation, Physical Development, and Offspring Memory in Rats

Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is an oleaginous fruit source of fatty acids with high levels of neuroprotective phytocomplexes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the development of reflex and somatic maturation, fatty acid profiles in the brain, and memory in different stages of life in...

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Main Authors: Marilia Ferreira Frazão Tavares de Melo, Diego Elias Pereira, Renally de Lima Moura, Elisiane Beatriz da Silva, Flávio Augusto Lyra Tavares de Melo, Celina de Castro Querino Dias, Maciel da Costa Alves Silva, Maria Elieidy Gomes de Oliveira, Vanessa Bordin Viera, Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado, Sócrates Golzio dos Santos, Juliana Késsia Barbosa Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
avocado
cerebral fatty acids
postnatal development
memory
rats
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.00009/full

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