Monkeys that eat omega-3 rich diet show more developed brain networks

Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 04:31 in Biology & Nature

Monkeys that ate a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids had brains with highly connected and well organized neural networks -- in some ways akin to the neural networks in healthy humans -- while monkeys that ate a diet deficient in the fatty acids had much more limited brain networking, according to a new study.

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