The Learning Lead 1, 2022: Can Early Life Nutrition Influence Myelination and Cognitive Outcomes in Healthy Infants?

2 min read / 07.10.2022

Neuroscience

Early life is an important foundational period to establish the basis for lifetime brain function. Brain development is at its fastest during this period with >1 million new connections forming every second. Myelination is a vital process supporting brain connectivity and has been positively associated with cognitive ability.^1,2 Studies have shown that myelination and cognition may be impacted by early life nutrition and that breastfeeding provides infants with the best outcomes.³

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