A longitudinal study of differences in electroencephalographic activity among breastfed, milk formula-fed, and soy formula-fed infants during the first year of life

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-125

  Jing, Hongkui ^a,b   Gilchrist, Janet M ^a,b   Badger, Thomas M ^a,b   Pivik, R T ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Brain; EEG; Infant formula; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOYBEAN MILK; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAIN; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SCALP; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOY MILK;

EID: 77649337273     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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