Prenatal malnutrition and development of the brain

PJ Morgane, R Austin-LaFrance, J Bronzino… - Neuroscience & …, 1993 - Elsevier
In this review, we have summarized various aspects as to how prenatal protein malnutrition
affects development of the brain and have attempted to integrate several broad principles …

A review of studies of the effect of severe malnutrition on mental development

S Grantham-McGregor - The Journal of nutrition, 1995 - Elsevier
This is a review of studies on the relationship between mental development and severe
malnutrition. School-age children who suffered from early childhood malnutrition have …

The effects of protein malnutrition on the developing central nervous system in the rat

PJ Morgane, M Miller, T Kemper, W Stern… - Neuroscience & …, 1978 - Elsevier
We have carried out a multi-disciplinary study of the effects of prenatal protein malnutrition
on the developing rat brain. These experiments, involving anatomical, physiological …

Undernutrition and the developing brain: the relevance of animal models to the human problem

J Dobbing - American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1970 - jamanetwork.com
The possibility that undernutrition in early life may permanently reduce the intellectual
capacity of men and women has become increasingly recognized in recent years. 1 …

Effects of health and nutrition on cognitive and behavioural development in children in the first three years of life: Part 1: Low birthweight, breastfeeding, and protein …

SM Grantham-McGregor, LC Fernald… - Food and nutrition …, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
The following paper and its accompanying paper (Grantham-McGregor SM, et al. Effects of
health and nutrition on cognitive and behavioural development in children in the first three …

Enduring cognitive effects of early malnutrition: a theoretical reappraisal

BJ Strupp, DA Levitsky - The Journal of Nutrition, 1995 - Elsevier
This article presents a reappraisal of the literature on the enduring cognitive effects of early
malnutrition. In addition to summarizing the existing empirical literature, we present a …

Nutritional and environmental interactions in the behavioral development of the rat: long-term effects

DA Levitsky, RH Barnes - Science, 1972 - science.org
The behavioral effects of early malnutrition and early environmental isolation were observed
in male rats. Dietary and environmental manipulations occurred during the first 7 weeks of …

Effect of pectin, gum arabic and agar on cholesterol absorption, synthesis, and turnover in rats

JJ Kelley, AC Tsai - The journal of nutrition, 1978 - Elsevier
A series of five experiments was conducted to determine the effect of pectin, gum arabic and
agar (5%) on cholesterol absorption, biosynthesis and turnover in rats. In the study of …

The essential amino acid lysine acts as precursor of glutamate in the mammalian central nervous system

F Papes, MJ Surpili, F Langone, JR Trigo… - FEBS …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Lysine has long been recognized as an essential amino acid for humans and the lack or low
supply of this compound in the diet may lead to mental and physical handicaps. Since lysine …

Nutritional deficiencies and children's behaviour and mental development

DT Simeon, SM Grantham-McGregor - Nutrition Research Reviews, 1990 - cambridge.org
The present review will consider the effects of nutritional deficiencies on behaviour and
mental development in children. Although most research has been conducted on protein …