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Table 4 CNS ARA concentrations (mean ± SD, % w/w) for eight structures for which a one-way analysis of variance indicated at least one unequal mean (p < 0.05). Anova was not significant for the other 18 structures.

From: The influence of long chain polyunsaturate supplementation on docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid in baboon neonate central nervous system

CNS Region

Group

Statistics

 

B

T+

T-

P+

P-

 

Occipital

13.2 ± 0.8

13.3 ± 0.7

13.6 ± 0.8

14.0 ± 0.5

14.3 ± 0.6

[P->B,T+]

Hypothalamus

11.7 ± 0.7

12.2 ± 0.6

11.4 ± 0.4

12.6 ± 0.7

12.9 ± 0.5

[T+,P+,P->T-; P+,P->B]

Superior Colliculus

10.1 ± 0.9

11.0 ± 0.8

10.6 ± 0.7

11.0 ± 0.6

11.7 ± 0.6

[T+,P+,P->B; P->T-]

Thalamus DM

10.0 ± 0.5

10.3 ± 0.6

9.6 ± 0.8

10.8 ± 0.6

10.7 ± 0.7

[T+,P+,P->T-; P+>B]

Corpus Collosum

9.9 ± 0.6

11.2 ± 0.5

10.2 ± 0.7

11.3 ± 0.5

11.4 ± 0.9

[T+,P+,P->B; T+,P+,P->T-]

Lateral Geniculate

9.5 ± 1.1

10.6 ± 0.6

9.9 ± 0.4

10.7 ± 0.5

10.5 ± 0.4

[T+,P+,P->B; P+>T-]

Inferior Colliculus

9.3 ± 0.5

10.5 ± 1.0

9.3 ± 0.7

10.3 ± 0.5

10.3 ± 0.4

[T+,P+,P->B,T-]

Optic Tract

6.8 ± 0.3

6.9 ± 0.4

7.2 ± 0.7

7.4 ± 0.3

7.7 ± 0.4

[P-,P+>B; P->T+]