Feeding formula without arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid has no effect on preferential looking acuity or recognition memory in healthy full- term infants at 9 mo of age

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-46

  Innis, Sheila M ^a,b   Nelson, Carolanne M ^a   Lwanga, Dorcas ^a   Rioux, France M ^a   Waslen, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; cognitive development; docosahexaenoic acid; full term infants; human milk; infant formula; linolenic acid; visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN CORTEX; BREAST MILK; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTELLIGENCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; RECOGNITION; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029902006     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/64.1.40     Document Type: Article

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