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Brain food for babies

Author(s) -

Dilys J. Freeman,

Barbara J. Meyer

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the biochemist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 1740-1194

pISSN - 0954-982X

DOI - 10.1042/bio03901026

Subject(s) - docosahexaenoic acid , fetus , brain development , pregnancy , eclampsia , physiology , medicine , biology , neuroscience , fatty acid , biochemistry , polyunsaturated fatty acid , genetics

How does a mother supply a key building block of the brain required for neurodevelopment to her fetus in pregnancy? The critical requirement of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) for fetal brain development, and the poor efficiency of its synthesis in humans, is a tricky metabolic problem to be overcome in pregnant women. Supplying this unique fatty acid to the fetus requires exquisite specificity and timing, processes that can unravel in disease conditions such as pre-eclampsia.

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