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Maternal arachidonic acid supplementation improves neurodevelopment in young adult offspring from rat dams with and without diabetes.
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PMID:  20888744     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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Maternal diabetes may compromise infant arachidonic acid (AA) status and development. This study tested if maternal AA supplementation improves neurodevelopment in adult offspring. Rat dams were randomized into 6 groups: Saline-Placebo, streptozotocin-induced diabetes with glucose controlled at <13mmol/L, or poorly controlled at 13-20mmol/L using insulin; and fed either a Control or AA (0.5% fat) diet throughout reproduction. Weaned-offspring were fed regular chow to 12 weeks of age. Testing included exploratory behavior, rota rod and water maze (WM). Poorly controlled offspring showed longer (p≤0.018) escape-latency on testing-day 1 WM but not thereafter (p>0.05). Maternal glucose concentration positively correlated with (p=0.006) male offspring testing-day 1 WM latency. The AA-diet offspring performed better in WM and rota rod (p≤0.032) and showed higher exploratory behavior (p=0.008) than Control-diet offspring. These data suggest maternal hyperglycemia has longstanding consequences to initial stages of learning in the offspring. Maternal AA supplementation and training positively influence learning outcomes.
Authors:
Jinping Zhao; Marc R Del Bigio; Hope A Weiler
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids     Volume:  84     ISSN:  1532-2823     ISO Abbreviation:  Prostaglandins Leukot. Essent. Fatty Acids     Publication Date:    2011 Jan-Feb
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-11     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8802730     Medline TA:  Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids     Country:  Scotland    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  63-70     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Crown Copyright © 2010. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9.
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