Effects of maternal malnutrition and postnatal nutritional rehabilitation on brain fatty acids, learning, and memory

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 132-144

  De Souza, Amanda Santos ^a   Fernandes, Flávia Spreafico ^a   Tavares Do Carmo, Maria das Graças ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain fatty acids; Learning; Memory; Nutritional rehabilitation; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL CARE;

BRAIN; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEARNING; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MEMORY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 79951924700     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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