![]() ![]() candidate in the Medical Science Training Program and first author on the paper published in the journal Neuropharmacology. "What makes this unique is that we have a biological pathway that looks different when you consume caffeine through pregnancy," said Zachary Christensen, a M.D/Ph.D. "I suppose the outcome of this study will be a recommendation that any caffeine during pregnancy is probably not such a good idea."Įlevated behavioral issues, attention difficulties, and hyperactivity are all symptoms that researchers observed in these children. "These are sort of small effects and it's not causing horrendous psychiatric conditions, but it is causing minimal but noticeable behavioral issues that should make us consider long term effects of caffeine intake during pregnancy," said John Foxe, Ph.D., director of the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, and principal investigator of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development or ABCD Study at the University of Rochester. ![]()
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