A milk formula containing maltodextrin, vs. lactose, as main carbohydrate source, improves cognitive performance of piglets in a spatial task

Abstract In recent years, lactose-free and low-lactose infant formulas have been increasingly used. The impact of using different carbohydrates than lactose on later cognition of formula-fed infants remains, however, unknown. We examined the effects of providing formulas containing either digestible...

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Main Authors: Caroline Clouard, Cindy Le Bourgot, Frédérique Respondek, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, Walter J. J. Gerrits
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27796-1