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Filter by:The purpose is to study the effect of infant nutrition on brain development, as measured using Magnetic Resonance (MR) techniques. The investigators will collect detailed information about the diet of each of the infants, and seek to correlate this information with multiple MR measurements, including structural imaging, diffusion imaging, and functional connectivity. The MR scans will be performed at birth and 3 months of age. Dietary information collected will include detailed food diaries describing the feeding habits of the infants, and food frequency questionnaires to characterize the diet of the mother.
In the present study, we evaluate the effect of the mother suplementación with DHA during the gestation and lactation on diverse aspects of the development of newborn. The effect on the oxidative stress, inflammatory signaling, bone turnover and piscomotor and visual development was studied. Women will in the sixth month of pregnancy, consume a diet balanced during last 3 months of pregnancy and the whole lactation. In addition the women will divide in two groups: one will receive a supplement of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to evaluate the effects on the development of the newborn child; whereas another group will receive a placebo. Different samples of blood of the mother and of mother milk will be taken and we will correlating her lipidic profile with the brain development of the newborn child, evaluated by different tests.
The objective of this study is to determine whether the use of a mix of dairy lipids and plant oils in infant formula can increase the sum of omega-3 fatty acids levels in membrane phospholipids of red blood cells (RBC) in 4 month-old infants compared with a formula containing only lipids of plant origin.
The investigators will do an experiment where 9-12 month old infants are randomized to 30 minutes of block play or 30 minutes of watching a baby DVD.
The objective of this randomized study is to test the hypothesis that scores on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-III (Bayley-III) are higher than scores on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II (BSID-II) in the same group of infants who were born very preterm.
The researcher want to use video signals to monitor heart rate, respiration rate and oxygen saturation using Photo-plethysmography (PPG) as the underlying mechanism for the method: periodic changes in skin reflectance, induced by the cardio-vascular wave, are measured using light.
The hypothesis to be examined is that dietary LCP-supplementation in the second and third years of life will improve cognitive and visual maturation in early childhood.
Rationale: In regions of severe endemic goiter, the adverse effects of in utero iodine deficiency on neuromotor development are well established: randomized controlled trials of iodine supplements given to iodine deficient mothers before pregnancy or during early pregnancy improve motor and cognitive performance of their offspring. However, the potential adverse effects of mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency during pregnancy are unclear. Inadequate thyroid function in the fetus and newborn are the likely cause of brain damage in iodine deficiency. Objective: To determine whether the daily oral administration of 200 µg iodine to pregnant women in areas of mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency improves maternal and newborn thyroid function, pregnancy outcome, birth weight, infant growth and cognitive performance. Study design: Double-blind randomized controlled multicentre trial. Study population: Pregnant women (18-40 years) presenting at the clinic for their first prenatal visit will be recruited at two research sites, namely St. Martha's hospital in Bangalore, India and Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. At each site, 400 women will be recruited. Intervention: Half of the women will be randomized to iodine treatment (200 µg per day) and the other half to placebo throughout pregnancy. Main study parameters/endpoints: Differences between group means in indicators of thyroid function, birth outcome, urinary iodine, breast milk iodine, infant growth, and psychomotor development.
The study quantified functional measures of red blood cell mass and oxygen in neonatal tissues using a non-invasive optical technique: near infrared optical spectroscopy . The study will determine the absolute concentrations of deoxygenated and oxygenated hemoglobin and calculate the tissue hemoglobin saturation and total hemoglobin concentration in viv. Near infrared optical spectroscopy technique use to assessing and defining tissue status in the anemic state and the tissue's response to transfusions, as well as in monitoring hemoglobin and hematocrit without pain or loss of blood.