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ea0011p806 | Thyroid | ECE2006

Maternal iodine deficiency alters learning ability and emotional state of the progeny

Sarishvili A , Lazrishvili N , Metreveli D

Deficient production of thyroid hormones in maternal organism may have a drastic impact on brain development of the offsprings. Among the people originated from the regions with essential deficiency of iodine in foodstuff there is a high chance for prevalence of mental retardation and neurological cretinism with all possible complications.The present study analyses changes in emotional state (open field testing), learning ability and memory processes (ma...