Randomized controlled trial of maternal omega-3 long-chain PUFA supplementation during pregnancy and early childhood development of attention, working memory, and inhibitory control

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 851-859

  Gould, Jacqueline F ^a,b   Makrides, Maria ^a,b,c   Colombo, John ^d   Smithers, Lisa G ^b  

^a CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; INCROMEGA; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84896935330     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.069203     Document Type: Article

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