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Hibbeln & Davis 2009 - Considerations regarding neuropsychiatric nutritional requirements for intakes of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids
Grant & Soles 2009 - Epidemiologic evidence supporting the role of maternal vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for the development of infantile autism
Hoffman et al 2009 - Toward optimizing vision and cognition in term infants by dietary docosahexaenoic and arachidonic acid supplementation: a review of randomized controlled trials.
Anandan et al 2009 - Omega 3 and 6 oils for primary prevention of allergic disease: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Tozuka et al 2009 - Diet-induced obesity in female mice leads to peroxidized lipid accumulations and impairment of hippocampal neurogenesis during the early life of their offspring
Isaacs et al 2009 - Early diet and general cognitive outcome at adolescence in children born at or below 30 weeks gestation.
Yavin et al 2009 - Delayed cell migration in the developing rat brain following maternal omega 3 alpha linolenic acid dietary deficiency
Chytrova et al 2009 - Exercise contributes to the effects of DHA dietary supplementation by acting on membrane-related synaptic systems.
White et al 2009 - Maternal obesity is necessary for programming effect of high-fat diet on offspring
Rees et al 2009 - Omega-3 deficiency associated with perinatal depression: Case control study
Golding et al 2009 - High levels of Depressive Symptoms in Pregnancy With Low Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake From Fish.
DiGirolamo & Ramirez-Zea 2009 - Role of zinc in maternal and child mental health
Innis SM 2009 - Omega-3 Fatty acids and neural development to 2 years of age: do we know enough for dietary recommendations?
Ramakrishnan et al 2009 - Role of DHA in maternal and child mental health
Carlson 2009 - Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation in pregnancy and lactation.
Zeisel 2009 - Is maternal diet supplementation beneficial? Optimal development of infant depends on mother's diet.
Leung & Kaplan 2009 - Perinatal depression: prevalence, risks, and the nutrition link - a review of the literature.
Makrides et al 2009 - Neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants fed high-dose DHA: a randomized controlled trial.
Tveden-Nyborg & Lykkesfeldt 2009 - Does vitamin C deficiency result in impaired brain development in infants?
Brown & Susser 2008 - Prenatal nutritional deficiency and risk of adult schizophrenia
Xie & Innis 2008 - Genetic variants of the FADS1 FADS2 gene cluster are associated with altered (n-6) and (n-3) essential fatty acids in plasma and erythrocyte phospholipids in women during pregnancy and in breast milk during lactation.
Insel et al 2008 - Maternal iron deficiency and the risk of schizophrenia in offspring.
Smithers et al 2008 - Higher dose of DHA in the neonatal period improves visual acuity of preterm infants: results of a randomized controlled trial.
Innis SM 2008 - Dietary omega 3 fatty acids and the developing brain.
Smithers et al 2008 - Effect of two doses of DHA in the diet of preterm infants on infant fatty acid status: results from the DINO trial.
Wu et al 2008 - DHA dietary supplementation enhances the effects of exercise on synaptic plasticity and cognition.
Benton et al 2008 - Micronutrient status, cognition and behavioral problems in childhood.
Benton et al 2008 - The influence of children's diet on their cognition and behavior
Olson et al 2008 - Fish oil vs olive oil intake in late pregnancy and asthma in the offspring: 16 y of registry-based follow-up from a randomized controlled trial.
Sontrop et al 2008 - Depressive symptoms during pregnancy in relation to fish consumption and intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Chung et al 2008 - Fish oil supplementation of control and (n-3) fatty acid-deficient male rats enhances memory performance and increases brain regional DHA levels.
Molloy et al 2008 - Effects of folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies during pregnancy on fetal, infant, and child development.
Dror & Allen 2008 - Effect of vitamin B12 deficiency on neurodevelopment in infants: current knowledge and possible mechanisms.
Cetin and Koletzko 2008 - Long-chain omega-3 fatty acid supply in pregnancy and lactation
Su et al 2008 - Omega-3 fatty acids for major depressive disorder during pregnancy: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Harms et al 2008 - Developmental vitamin D deficiency alters adult behaviour in mice.
Isaacs et al 2008 - The effect of early human diet on caudate volumes and IQ
Rodriguez et al 2008 - Maternal adiposity prior to pregnancy is associated with ADHD symptoms in offspring: evidence from three prospective pregnancy cohorts
Richardson 2008 - Omega-3 Fatty acids and Mood: The Devil is in the Detail
Dunstan et al 2008 - Cognitive assessment of children at age 2(1/2) years after maternal fish oil supplementation in pregnancy: a randomised controlled trial.
Koletzko et al 2008 - The roles of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in pregnancy, lactation and infancy: review of current knowledge and consensus recommendations.
Simmer et al 2008 - Longchain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in infants born at term
Simmer et al 2008 - Longchain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in preterm infants
Laplante et al., 2007 - Functional Play at 2 Years of Age: Effects of Prenatal Maternal Stress
Lozoff 2007 - Iron deficiency and child development
Lumey et al 2007 - Cohort profile: the Dutch Hunger Winter families study
Roman 2007 - Autism: transient in utero hypothyroxinemia related to maternal flavonoid ingestion during pregnancy and other environmental antithyroid agents
Caspi et al 2007 - Moderation of breastfeeding effects on IQ by genetic variation in fatty acid metabolism
Bayol et al 2007 - A maternal 'junk food' diet in pregnancy and lactation promotes an exacerbated taste for 'junk food' and obesity in rat offspring
Koletzko et al 2007 - Dietary fat intakes for pregnant and lactating women.

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