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Insufficient Vitamin C Intake Tied To Impaired Neonatal Brain Development

September 2, 2009: 01:03 AM EST
A Danish university study in guinea pigs has found that a deficiency of vitamin C leads to underdevelopment of neurons in the brain. Previous studies have shown that vitamin C is critical to neonatal brain development: it is even conserved by the brain when in short supply. In this study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, young guinea pigs given insufficient levels of vitamin C had 30 percent fewer neurons and worse spatial memory than animals fed normally. The researchers wonder whether learning disabilities in humans may in some cases be traceable to insufficient vitamin C intake.
"Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development ", University of Copenhagen, September 02, 2009, © University of Copenhagen
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