Early infant diet and the omega 3 fatty acid DHA: Effects on resting cardiovascular activity and behavioral development during the first half-year of life

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-158

  Pivik, R T ^a,c   Dykman, Roscoe A ^b   Jing, Hongkui ^a   Gilchrist, Janet M ^a   Badger, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVONIC ACID; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PARENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN MILK;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; REST; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 62249216539     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565640802646726     Document Type: Article

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