Food for mood: relevance of nutritional omega-3 fatty acids for depression and anxiety

T Larrieu, S Layé - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The central nervous system (CNS) has the highest concentration of lipids in the organism
after adipose tissue. Among these lipids, the brain is particularly enriched with …

Omega-3 fatty acids and rodent behavior

I Fedorova, N Salem Jr - Prostaglandins, leukotrienes and essential fatty …, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the role of the n-3 fatty acids in the regulation of cognitive functions,
locomotor and exploratory activity and emotional status in rodents. There are disparate data …

[HTML][HTML] Fish-oil supplementation enhances the effects of strength training in elderly women

CLN Rodacki, ALF Rodacki, G Pereira… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Background: Muscle force and functional capacity generally decrease with aging in the older
population, although this effect can be reversed, attenuated, or both through strength …

n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid deprivation in rats decreases frontal cortex BDNF via a p38 MAPK-dependent mechanism

JS Rao, RN Ertley, HJ Lee, JC DeMar, JT Arnold… - Molecular …, 2007 - nature.com
Decreased docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)
have been implicated in bipolar disorder. It also has been reported that dietary deprivation of …

Chronic ω-3 fatty acids supplementation promotes beneficial effects on anxiety, cognitive and depressive-like behaviors in rats subjected to a restraint stress protocol

AC Ferraz, AM Delattre, RG Almendra… - Behavioural brain …, 2011 - Elsevier
Recent evidence has demonstrated dietary influence on the manifestation of different types
of behaviors induced by stressor tasks. The present study examined the impact of ω-3 …

Depression in Parkinson's disease: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study of omega-3 fatty-acid supplementation

TM da Silva, RP Munhoz, C Alvarez, K Naliwaiko… - Journal of affective …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Effect of fish oil supplementation in parkinsonian patients with depression
measured by Montgomery–Asberg Rating Scale (MADRS), the Clinical Global Impressions …

PUFA induce antidepressant-like effects in parallel to structural and molecular changes in the hippocampus

VR Venna, D Deplanque, C Allet, K Belarbi… - …, 2009 - Elsevier
Epidemiological data suggest that omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) consumption
may be inversely correlated to the prevalence and severity of depression but little is known …

The role of 5-HT1A receptors in fish oil-mediated increased BDNF expression in the rat hippocampus and cortex: a possible antidepressant mechanism

A Vines, AM Delattre, MMS Lima, LS Rodrigues… - …, 2012 - Elsevier
Epidemiological and dietary studies show that nutritional deficit of omega-3 polyunsaturated
fatty acids (ω-3 PUFA) is directly related to the prevalence and severity of depression …

Antidepressant-like effects of representative types of food and their possible mechanisms

J Piao, Y Wang, T Zhang, J Zhao, Q Lv, M Ruan, Q Yu… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Depression is a mental disorder characterized by low mood, lack of motivation, negative
cognitive outlook, and sleep problems. Suicide may occur in severe cases, although suicidal …

Environmental and pharmacological modulations of cellular plasticity: role in the pathophysiology and treatment of depression

KT Ota, RS Duman - Neurobiology of disease, 2013 - Elsevier
Atrophy of neurons and gross structural alterations of limbic brain regions, including the
prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hippocampus, have been reported in brain imaging and …