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Iron deficiency and cognitive development: New insights from piglets
December 3, 2012 by NewsBot
Researchers have developed a model that uses neonatal piglets for studying infant brain development and its effect on learning and memory. To determine if the model is nutrient-sensitive, they have looked at how pigs fed iron-deficient diets perform in a maze.