Prenatal zinc supplementation attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced behavioral impairments in maternal immune activation model.

This study demonstrates that zinc supplementation during pregnancy can attenuate LPS-induced impairments in male pups. These results support the idea to consume zinc supplementation during pregnancy to limit neurodevelopmental deficits induced by infections in offspring. PMID: 31545978 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31545978?dopt=Abstract

Source: Behavioural Brain Research - September 19, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Alizadeh F, Davoodian N, Kazemi H, Ghasemi-Kasman M, Shaerzadeh F Tags: Behav Brain Res Source Type: research