The Role of Nutrition in Brain Development: The Golden Opportunity of the “First 1000 Days”

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 175, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-21

  Cusick, Sarah E ^a   Georgieff, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN GROWTH; FETAL BRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MACRONUTRIENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84971654778     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.05.013     Document Type: Article

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