Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 423-431 , April 2010

Developmental and neurobehavioral effects of perinatal exposure to diets with different ω-6:ω-3 ratios in mice

  • María E. Santillán, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +54-351-451-3735; fax: +54-351-433-2019.
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  • Laura M. Vincenti, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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  • Ana C. Martini, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
    • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina
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  • Marta Fiol de Cuneo, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
    • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina
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  • Rubén D. Ruiz, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
    • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina
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  • Arnaldo Mangeaud, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cátedra de Estadística y Biometría, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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  • Graciela Stutz, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

Received 22 December 2008 ,Accepted 7 June 2009.

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 This study was assisted by research grants from SECyT-UNC, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Córdoba, and SECyT-UNLaR.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00251-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.06.005

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 423-431 , April 2010

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