Undernutrition and the Developing Brain

Development of Methyltransferase Activities of Human Fetal Tissues

“…iV 6 -Methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase in neonatal liver attained a specific activity similar to that found in mature liver before cystathionase did.…”

Football Practice and Behaviour of Learners to Primary School: Assimilation and Accommodation

“…We can say that the students in our study may have an unbalanced diet. The work of Dobbing (1970) and Winnick (1972) supports this assertion. According to these authors, malnutrition reduces the number of the size of brain cells as well as the lipid content, nucleic acid and protein.…”

Aetiological Aspects of Febrile Convulsions: Pregnancy and Perinatal Factors

“…Nutrition of the brain is then likely to have been suboptimal. As a consequence, permanent anatomical abnormalities may have resulted (Dobbing, 1970).…”