The goal of this study is to determine if 8-week dietary treatment with the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) improves attention performance and associated cortical activity and metabolism in 8 - 10 year old males that were not breast-fed during infancy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
30
DHA 400 mg/day (200mg twice daily), vs DHA 1200 mg/day (400 mg three times daily), vs placebo; 1:1:1 ratio
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
performance on sustained attention task (CPT-IP)
Time frame: 8 weeks
fMRI activation of prefrontal and frontal cortical regions during performance of an attention task (CPT-IP)
Time frame: 8 weeks
NAA concentrations
Time frame: 8 weeks
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