Nutrition and the Developing Brain

The brain is a specific tissue in which functionality depends on the generation and conduction of electrical potentials over long axonal components of cell bodies and the synaptic gaps between these cell bodies. Nutrients and growth factors regulate the development of the brain during fetal and early postnatal life. The rapidly developing brain is much more susceptible to nutrient inadequacy but demonstrates its highest plasticity as well. All nutrients are important for the growth and developme