Nutrition and the development of cognitive functions: Interpretation of behavioral studies in animals and human infants

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 961-970

  Wainwright, Patricia E ^a   Colombo, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Attention; Behavioral assessment; Cognitive development; Infants; Learning and memory; Neural systems; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAMMAL; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; NUTRIENT; PHENYLKETONURIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750909099     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/84.5.961     Document Type: Review

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