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Abstract #3683

Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Brain Connectivity in Long-Evans Rats

Adebayo B Braimah1,2, Diana M Lindquist1, Ruth Asch3, Jennifer Schurdak3, and Robert McNamara3

1Imaging Research Center, Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's, Cinicinnati, OH, United States, 2Pediatric Neuroimaging Research Consortium, Cincinnati Children's, Cinicinnati, OH, United States, 3UC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States

This study examines the impact of dietary fatty acid intake on functional connectivity of the maturing brain. This study was performed with 88 rats. In vivo as well as ex vivo neurological data was collected by means of MR imaging and postmortem gas chromatography. The graphs were compared by using network-based statistics and showed non-significant trends between the controls and the fatty-acids deficient group. Network metrics were also computed and showed non-significant trends between the controls and the fatty acids deficient group.

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