Maternal consumption of a docosahexaenoic acid-containing functional food during pregnancy: Benefit for infant performance on problem-solving but not on recognition memory tasks at age 9 mo

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1572-1577

  Judge, Michelle P ^a   Harel, Ofer ^a   Lammi Keefe, Carol J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; DHA; Docosahexaenoic acid; Functional food; Infants; Pregnancy; Problem solving; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FAGAN TEST OF INFANT INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT PLANNING TEST; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34250004644     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.6.1572     Document Type: Article

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