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Chapter 9 Polyunsaturated fatty acids, brain phospholipids and the fetal alcohol syndrome

Chapter 9 Polyunsaturated fatty acids, brain phospholipids and the fetal alcohol syndrome
Chapter 9 Polyunsaturated fatty acids, brain phospholipids and the fetal alcohol syndrome
Although to date these observations in the fetal guinea pig have not been substantiated in humans, they provide strong preliminary evidence that impaired accumulation of DHA into brain phospholipids may be one important mechanism in the pathogenesis of FAS. Furthermore, since increasing DHA availability to the mother, and presumably the fetus, appeared to produce a reduction in the severity of ethanol-induced neurological damage it is possible that maternal DHA supplementation may provide a therapeutic strategy in humans FAS. Alternatively, the prolonged period of postnatal brain development in the human may permit appropriate dietary DHA supplementation of the affected infants after delivery, which would potentially be a more practical clinical intervention.

0444509224
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159-167
Elsevier
Burdge, Graham C.
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Postle, Anthony D.
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Krebs, Joachim
Michalak, Marek
Burdge, Graham C.
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Postle, Anthony D.
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Krebs, Joachim
Michalak, Marek

Burdge, Graham C. and Postle, Anthony D. (2002) Chapter 9 Polyunsaturated fatty acids, brain phospholipids and the fetal alcohol syndrome. In, Krebs, Joachim and Michalak, Marek (eds.) Brain Lipids and Disorders in Biological Psychiatry. (New Comprehensive Biochemistry, 35) Kidlington, GB. Elsevier, pp. 159-167. (doi:10.1016/S0167-7306(02)35038-5).

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Although to date these observations in the fetal guinea pig have not been substantiated in humans, they provide strong preliminary evidence that impaired accumulation of DHA into brain phospholipids may be one important mechanism in the pathogenesis of FAS. Furthermore, since increasing DHA availability to the mother, and presumably the fetus, appeared to produce a reduction in the severity of ethanol-induced neurological damage it is possible that maternal DHA supplementation may provide a therapeutic strategy in humans FAS. Alternatively, the prolonged period of postnatal brain development in the human may permit appropriate dietary DHA supplementation of the affected infants after delivery, which would potentially be a more practical clinical intervention.

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Published date: February 2002

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Local EPrints ID: 144931
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/144931
ISBN: 0444509224
PURE UUID: 25522d68-09f6-40ed-831c-ebe13baf43b9
ORCID for Graham C. Burdge: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7665-2967
ORCID for Anthony D. Postle: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7361-0756

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Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:31

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Editor: Marek Michalak

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