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Mother's milk programs offspring's cognition

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A study finds that immune factors transmitted through breast milk regulate the cognitive function of offspring. Changes in milk composition alter hippocampal development and have effects on memory that last into adulthood.

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Figure 1: Maternal TNFα deficiency enhances offspring spatial memory.

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  1. Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA

    Sarah L Parylak, Wei Deng & Fred H Gage

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Parylak, S., Deng, W. & Gage, F. Mother's milk programs offspring's cognition. Nat Neurosci 17, 8–9 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3611

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