Fatty Acids

Part I. Basic Mechanisms Evolutionary Aspects of Diet: Essential Fatty Acids Artemis P. Simopoulos Modulation of Receptor Signaling by Phospholipid Acyl Chain Composition Drake C. Mitchell and Burton J. Litman Role of Docosahexaenoic Acid in Determining Membrane Structure and Function: Lessons Learned from Normal and Neoplastic Leukocytes Laura J. Jenski and William Stillwell Effects of Essential Fatty Acids on Voltage-Regulated Ionic Channels and Seizure Thresholds in Animals Robert A. Voskuyl and Martin Vreugdenhil Role of Dietary Fats and Exercise in Immune Functions and Aging Jaya T. Venkatraman and David Pendergast Part II. Phospholipid and Fatty Acid Composition and Metabolism On the Relative Efficacy of _-Linolenic Acid and Preformed Docosahexaenoic Acid as Substrates for Tissue Docosahexaenoate During Perinatal Development Meng-Chuan Huang and J. Thomas Brenna Recent Advances in the Supply of Docosahexaenoic Acid to the Nervous System Robert J. Pawlosky and Norman Salem Jr Quantifying and Imaging Brain Phospholipid Metabolism In Vivo Using Radiolabeled Long Chain Fatty Acids Stanley I. Rapoport Carbon Recycling: An Important Pathway in _-Linolenate Metabolism in Fetuses and Neonates Stephen C. Cunnane Part III. DHA and CNS Development Impact of Dietary Essential Fatty Acids on Neuronal Structure and Function M. Thomas Clandinin, R.A.R. Bowen, and Miyoung Suh Dietary N-3 Fatty Acid Deficiency and its Reversibility: Effects upon Brain Phospholipids and the Turnover of Docosahexaenoic Acid in the Brain and Blood William E. Connor, Gregory J. Anderson, and Don S. Lin The Role of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Retinal Function Algis J. Vingrys, James A. Armitage, Harrison S. Weisinger, B.V. Bui, Andrew J.Sinclair, and Richard S. Weisinger Brightness-Discrimination Learning Behavior and Retinal Function Affected by Long-Term _-Linolenic Acid Deficiency in Rat, Harumi Okuyama Yoichi Fujii, and Atsushi Ikemoto Part IV. Pathology Disturbances of Essential

From the reviews:

"This book represents the state of the art on EFA physiology and function. Some chapters are finely written. Particularly interesting are those dealing with the evolutionary aspects of diet, the importance of DHA in central nervous system development, and the role of EFA in cognitive function and psychiatric disorders....The editors...must be congratulated for expediting the publication of this timely and important textbook. It looks to the future, and sets the stage for what is becoming an exciting field of research. Lipid biochemists, nutritionists, developmental biologists and neuroscientists would benefit from this book. Academic libraries must have copies of it..." - Canadian Journal Gastroenterol

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"...Fatty Acids is timely and can help lipid researchers to catch up with the most recent knowledgein the field. I