Maternal Iron Deficiency Effects on Neonate

1. Learning & memory disorders can occur if deficiency continues into early adulthood

1.1. Proper hippocampus development needed to prevent these issues

2. Neonate born from mother with iron deficiency can experience epigenetic changes, altering chromatin structure & gene expression of BDNF.

3. Maternal iron deficiency in late pregnancy and pospartum effects the neonate

4. BDFN - neurotrophic factor important in the process of learning, memory, and behavior.

4.1. Neonate's hippocampus needs adequate iron for: dendritoegnesis, synaptogenesis, neurogenesis

5. Iron deficiency is very common among women (30%)