James R. Dick

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• Substituting Fish Oil with Crude Palm Oil in the Diet of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Affects Muscle Fatty Acid Composition and Hepatic Fatty Acid Metabolism

  J Gordon Bell;R James Henderson;Douglas R Tocher;Fiona McGhee

  648
  Citations

• Altered Fatty Acid Compositions in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Fed Diets Containing Linseed and Rapeseed Oils Can Be Partially Restored by a Subsequent Fish Oil Finishing Diet

  J. Gordon Bell;Douglas R. Tocher;R. James Henderson;James R. Dick

  474
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• A vertebrate fatty acid desaturase with Δ5 and Δ6 activities

  Nicola Hastings;Morris Agaba;Douglas R. Tocher;Michael J. Leaver

  464
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• DIETARY DEFICIENCY OF DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID IMPAIRS VISION AT LOW LIGHT INTENSITIES IN JUVENILE HERRING (CLUPEA HARENGUS L.)

  Michael V. Bell;Robert S. Batty;James R. Dick;Karen Fretwell

  442
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• Impact of sustainable feeds on omega-3 long-chain fatty acid levels in farmed Atlantic salmon, 2006-2015.

  Matthew Sprague;James R Dick;Douglas R Tocher

  439
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• Environmental and dietary influences on highly unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis and expression of fatty acyl desaturase and elongase genes in liver of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

  Xiaozhong Zheng;Bente E. Torstensen;Douglas R. Tocher;James R. Dick

  307
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• Vertebrate fatty acyl desaturase with Δ4 activity.

  Yuanyou Li;Oscar Monroig;Liang Zhang;Shuqi Wang

  296
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• Highly unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in marine fish: Cloning, functional characterization, and nutritional regulation of fatty acyl Δ6 desaturase of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.)

  Douglas R. Tocher;Xiaozhong Zheng;Christian Schlechtriem;Nicola Hastings

  284
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• Polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) undergoing parr-smolt transformation and the effects of dietary linseed and rapeseed oils.

  D.R. Tocher;J.G. Bell;J.R. Dick;R.J. Henderson

  273
  Citations

• Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Fatty Acyl Desaturase and Elongase cDNAs Involved in the Production of Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Acids from α -Linolenic Acid in Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar )

  Nicola Hastings;Morris K. Agaba;Douglas R. Tocher;Xiaozhong Zheng

  269
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• Essential fatty acids and phospholipase A2 in autistic spectrum disorders.

  J.G. Bell;E.E. MacKinlay;J.R. Dick;D.J. MacDonald

  257
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• Dietary sunflower, linseed and fish oils affect phospholipid fatty acid composition, development of cardiac lesions, phospholipase activity and eicosanoid production in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

  J.G. Bell;J.R. Dick;A.H. McVicar;J.R. Sargent

  252
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• Dioxin and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Scottish farmed salmon (Salmo salar): effects of replacement of dietary marine fish oil with vegetable oils

  J. Gordon Bell;Fiona McGhee;James R. Dick;Douglas R. Tocher

  225
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• Hepatocyte fatty acid desaturation and polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of liver in salmonids: Effects of dietary vegetable oil

  D.R. Tocher;J.G. Bell;P. MacGlaughlin;F. McGhee

  224
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• Increasing cannabinoid levels by pharmacological and genetic manipulation delay disease progression in SOD1 mice

  Lynsey G. Bilsland;James R. T. Dick;Gareth Pryce;Stefania Petrosino

  221
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• Effects of dietary vegetable oil on Atlantic salmon hepatocyte fatty acid desaturation and liver fatty acid compositions.

  Douglas R. Tocher;J. Gordon Bell;James R. Dick;Viv O. Crampton

  213
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• Cloning and functional characterisation of polyunsaturated fatty acid elongases of marine and freshwater teleost fish.

  Morris K. Agaba;Douglas R. Tocher;Xiaozhong Zheng;Cathryn A. Dickson

  206
  Citations

• Nutritional regulation of hepatocyte fatty acid desaturation and polyunsaturated fatty acid composition in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

  Douglas R Tocher;Morris K Agaba;Nicola Hastings;J Gordon Bell

  200
  Citations

• Effect of partial substitution of dietary fish oil by vegetable oils on desaturation and β-oxidation of [1-14C]18:3n−3 (LNA) and [1-14C]20:5n−3 (EPA) in hepatocytes and enterocytes of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

  G. Mourente;J.R. Dick;J.G. Bell;D.R. Tocher

  199
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• Fatty acid metabolism in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) hepatocytes and influence of dietary vegetable oil.

  Ingunn Stubhaug;Douglas R. Tocher;J. Gordon Bell;James R. Dick

  195
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