title: Can memory be improved? A discussion on the role of ras, GABA, acetylcholine, NO, insulin, TNF-alpha, and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in memory formation and consolidation.
abstract: It is proposed that long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids when given from the perinatal period will ensure proper development and growth of the brain and maintain the activity and/or concentrations of ras, nitric oxide, insulin, and various neurotransmitters and cytokines at physiological level and thus, improve memory and prevent learning deficits.
authors.affiliation: EFA Sciences LLC, 1420 Providence Highway, Suite # 266, Norwood, MA 02062, USA. undurti@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Undurti N
authors.initials: UN
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D009434:Neural Pathways; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D025542:Neurofibromin 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D007328:Insulin; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D025542:Neurofibromin 1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D018631:ras Proteins; D000109:Acetylcholine