Nutritional deficiencies in learning and cognition

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Yehuda, S ^a   Rabinovitz, S ^a   Mostofsky, D ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Essential fatty acids deficiency; Iron deficiency; Learning

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITION; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEARNING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS;

EID: 33846064169     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000255847.77034.a4     Document Type: Review

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