Maternal Fish Oil Supplementation Affects the Social Behavior, Brain Fatty Acid Profile, and Sickness Response of Piglets.
Caroline ClouardAdriana S SouzaWalter Jj GerritsRobert HovenierAart LammersJ Elizabeth BolhuisPublished in: The Journal of nutrition (2015)
Maternal DHA beneficially affected offspring social behavior after weaning and mildly attenuated sickness behavior after an inflammatory challenge in pigs. These behavioral changes may be mediated by increased brain DHA proportions.
Keyphrases
- fatty acid
- resting state
- healthcare
- white matter
- mental health
- birth weight
- pregnancy outcomes
- functional connectivity
- high fat diet
- type diabetes
- cerebral ischemia
- metabolic syndrome
- body mass index
- pregnant women
- adipose tissue
- blood brain barrier
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- weight gain
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- gestational age