Saturated free fatty acids and association with memory formation

Tristan P. Wallis; Bharat G. Venkatesh; Vinod K. Narayana; David Kvaskoff; Alan Ho; Robert K. Sullivan; François Windels; Pankaj Sah; Frédéric A. Meunier

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23840-3

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Saturated free fatty acids and association with memory formation

Tristan P. Wallis,
Bharat G. Venkatesh,
Vinod K. Narayana,
David Kvaskoff,
Alan Ho,
Robert K. Sullivan,
François Windels,
Pankaj Sah,
Frédéric A. Meunier

Affiliations

Tristan P. Wallis: Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Bharat G. Venkatesh: Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Vinod K. Narayana: Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
David Kvaskoff: Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Alan Ho: Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Robert K. Sullivan: Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
François Windels: Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Pankaj Sah: Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Frédéric A. Meunier: Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23840-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Changes in poly-unsaturated free fatty acids (FFAs) have been associated with LTP. Here, using lipidomics analysis the authors characterise FFA changes in the rat brain associated with fear conditioning, and demonstrate that increases in saturated FFAs represent the major change.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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