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Omega-3, Ageing and Mental Health - Research

Dangour et al 2012 - Omega 3 fatty acids and cognitive health in older people.
Agrawal et al 2012 - Metabolic syndrome in the brain: Deficiency in omega-3-fatty acid exacerbates dysfunctions in insulin receptor signaling and cognition
Tan et al 2012 - Red blood cell omega-3 fatty acid levels and markers of accelerated brain aging
Gu et al 2012 - Nutrient intake and plasma ß-amyloid
Cunnane et al 2012 - Plasma and Brain Fatty Acid Profiles in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease
Bowman et al 2011 Nutrient biomarker patterns, cognitive function, and MRI measures of brain aging
Corsinovi et al 2011 - Dietary lipids and their oxidised products in Alzheimer's disease
Solfrizzi et al 2011 - Mediterranean diet in predementia and dementia syndromes.
Kamphuis et al 2011 - Efficacy of a medical food on cognition in Alzheimer's disease: results from secondary analyses of a RCT.
Kamphuis et al 2011 - Effect of a medical food on BMI and activities of daily living in patients with Alzheimer's disease: secondary analyses from a RCT
Gomez-Pinilla F 2011 - Collaborative effects of diet and exercise on cognitive enhancement
Milte et al 2011 - Erythrocyte polyunsaturated fatty acid status, memory, cognition and mood in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and healthy controls
Tajalizadekhoob et al 2011 - Low-dose omega 3 for mild to moderate depression in the elderly: a randomised controlled trial
Rondanelli et al 2011 - Long chain omega 3 PUFA supplementation in the treatment of elderly depression
Yurko-Mauro et al 2010 - Beneficial effects of DHA on cognition in age-related cognitive decline
Astarita et al 2010 - Deficient liver biosynthesis of DHA correlates with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease
Dangour et al 2010 - Effect of 2-y n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on cognitive function in older people: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial.
Kamphuis & Scheltens 2010 - Can Nutrients Prevent or Delay Onset of Alzheimer's Disease?
Suphioglu et al 2010 - The omega-3 DHA decreases neuronal cell death in association with altered zinc transport
Scheltens et al 2010 - Efficacy of a medical food in mild Alzheimer's disease: A randomized, controlled trial
van de Rest et al 2009 - Effect of fish oil supplementation on quality of life in a general population of older Dutch subjects: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Harris et al 2009 - Towards establishing dietary reference intakes for EPA and DHA
Dangour et al 2009 - Fish consumption and cognitive function among older people in the UK: baseline data from the OPAL study
Fotuhi et al 2009 - Fish consumption, long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and risk of cognitive decline or Alzheimer disease: a complex association
Berr et al 2009 - Increased selenium intake in elderly high fish consumers may account for health benefits previously ascribed to omega-3 fatty acids.
Rapoport 2008 - Arachidonic acid and the brain
Whelan 2008 - Omega-3 and Omega-6 Polyunsaturated fatty acids and the aging brain: food for thought.
Dorsey et al (2009) - Randomized controlled trial of ethyl-eicosapentaenoic acid in Huntington disease
Rapoport 2008 - Brain AA and DHA cascades are selectively altered by drugs, diet and disease.
van de Rest et al 2008 - Effect of fish-oil supplementation on mental well-being in older subjects: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
van de Rest et al 2008 - Effect of fish oil on cognitive performance in older subjects: a randomized, controlled trial
Féart et al 2008 - Plasma EPA is inversely associated with severity of depressive symptomatology in the elderly: data from the Bordeaux sample of the Three-City Study.
Hallahan and Garland 2007 - Essential fatty acids and mental health (editorial)
Sanchez-Villegas et al 2007 - Long chain omega-3 fatty acids intake, fish consumption and mental disorders in the SUN cohort study
Connor et al 2007 - Increased dietary intake of omega-3 PUFA reduces pathological retinal angiogenesis
Coleman & Chew 2007 - Nutritional supplementation in age-related macular degeneration
Kiecolt-Glaser et al 2007 - Depressive symptoms, omega-6:omega-3 fatty acids, and inflammation in older adults.
Mazza et al 2007 - Omega-3 and antioxidants in neurological and psychiatric diseases: an overview.
Schaefer et al 2006 - Plasma DHA and dementia - correlational study
Freund-Levi et al 2006 - Omega-3 in mild to moderate Alzheimer disease: a randomized double-blind trial.
Bourre 2006 - Nutrients and the brain - review part 2
Freemantle et al 2006 - Omega-3 fatty acids, energy substrates, and brain function during aging
Uauy & Dangour 2006 - Nutrition in brain development and aging: role of essential fatty acids
Saugstad 2006 - Are neurodegenerative disorders and psychotic manifestations avoidable with adequate dietary omega-3?
Vaddadi 2006 - Essential fatty acids and mental illness.
Puri et al 2005 - Ethyl-EPA in Huntington disease: a randomised controlled trial
Bazan 2005 - Neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1): a DHA-derived mediator that protects brain and retina against cell injury-induced oxidative stress.
Hashimoto et al 2005 - DHA Ameliorates Impairment of Spatial Cognition Learning Ability in Amyloid-beta-Infused Rats.
Bourre 2005 - Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Psychiatry: Mood, Behaviour, Stress, Depression, Dementia and Aging.
Whalley et al 2004 - Cognitive aging, childhood intelligence and use of food supplements - possible involvement of omega-3 fatty acids

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