title: Essential fatty acids in plasma phospholipids in schizophrenics.
abstract: Blood samples were taken from schizophrenics and control patients in three different centers. The phospholipids were extracted from plasma and their fatty acid composition analyzed. Similar and consistent differences between schizophrenics and controls were observed at all three centers. The n-6 essential fatty acid levels were significantly reduced, whereas n-3 essential fatty acids were elevated.
authors.affiliation: Efamol Research Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Horrobin
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Manku
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morse-Fisher
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Vaddadi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Courtney
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Glen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Glen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spellman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000097:blood; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000097:blood*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential; D010743:Phospholipids