Does docosahexaenoic acid supplementation in term infants enhance neurocognitive functioning in infancy?

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Heaton, Alexandra E ^a   Meldrum, Suzanne J ^a   Foster, Jonathan K ^a,b,c,d   Prescott, Susan L ^a,d   Simmer, Karen ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; DHA; Infant; n 3 LC PUFA; Neurocognitive

Indexed keywords

CANOLA OIL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; LINSEED OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SOYBEAN OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COGNITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID DEFICIENCY; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FADS1 GENE; FADS2 GENE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84888393234     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00774     Document Type: Review

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