Sentences with phrase «roles during fetal development»

It is produced by dedicated cells and is thought to have some protective roles during fetal development and for a few hours after birth.

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Once it does its job, estrogen and progesterone play an especially vital role during the first and second trimesters in triggering fetal development as well as common pregnancy symptoms.

But they were in the dark about the role of endocannabinoids — the kind made by the brain — during fetal development.

Fat soluble vitamins have distinct roles in fetal growth and development and this study's objective was to determine the effects of a high fat soluble vitamin diet during pregnancy on body weight gain, food intake and preference for palatable solutions in male Wistar rat offspring.

Mammary stem cells can give rise to new breast cells during fetal development, adolescence or lactation and may also play a role in breast cancer, so they represent a highly promising avenue for breast cancer research.

The World Health Organization and United Nations this year concluded: «Exposure to E.D.C.s during fetal development and puberty plays a role in the increased incidences of reproductive diseases, endocrine - related cancers, behavioral and learning problems, including A.D.H.D., infections, asthma, and perhaps obesity and diabetes in humans.»

This section focuses on four areas of biomedical research examining iodine's role in health and disease: fetal and infant development, cognitive function during childhood, fibrocystic breast disease, and radiation - induced thyroid cancer.

Malnutrition, on the other hand, negatively affects brain growth (both in utero and during infancy) and can have potentially irreversible implications for intellectual development.21 Animal sources of vitamin A play a particularly crucial role in fetal development.

Folate and vitamin B12 play very important roles in brain development, especially during the fetal and first 2 years of life.

Maternal stress during pregnancy, such as worrying about caring for a child, or having second thoughts about becoming a parent, experiencing feelings of inadequacy about raising children, or apprehension about the relationship mothers may have with the father of their babies, are all environmental factors that may play a role in fetal development (Santrock, 2011).