Abbreviations

ADD: attention deficit disorder

ADHD: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

CSF: cerebrospinal fluid

DHA: docosahexaenoic acid

EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid

FDA: Food and Drug Administration

GABA: gamma-aminobutyric acid

OCD: obsessive-compulsive disorder

PPARs: peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptors

PTSD: post-traumatic stress disorder

SAM: S-adenosylmethionine

SSRI: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

 

References

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Shaheen E Lakhan email and Karen F Vieira email

Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, USA

author email corresponding author email

Nutrition Journal 2008, 7:2doi:10.1186/1475-2891-7-2

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.nutritionj.com/content/7/1/2

Received: 28 July 2007
Accepted: 21 January 2008
Published: 21 January 2008

© 2008 Lakhan and Vieira; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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