METHOD OF ACHIEVING MEMORY AND LEARNING IMPROVEMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF SIALIC ACID

• Main Authors: GONZALEZ, MARIA RAMIREZ, CABRERA, RICARDO RUEDA, DELGADO, ELENA OLIVEROS, PEREZ, ALEJANDRO BARRANCO, MARTÍN, MARÍA-JESÚS MARTÍN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 11.06.2015
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Methods of achieving sustained memory improvements and sustained improvement in learning abilities in an infant are provided. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of sialic acid to an infant or a preterm infant until at least 90 days or three months after birth. The administration results in enhanced brain function, improved learning ability and sustained memory improvement in the infant. L'invention concernent des procédés visant à améliorer la mémoire et les facultés d'apprentissage de façon prolongée chez un enfant en bas âge. Les procédés comprennent l'administration d'une quantité efficace d'acide sialique à un enfant en bas âge ou un enfant né avant terme au moins jusqu'à 90 jours ou trois mois après la naissance. L'administration se traduit par une fonction cérébrale améliorée, une aptitude à apprendre améliorée et une amélioration prolongée de la mémoire chez l'enfant en bas âge.