Mom’s caffeine harms pups’ brain cells
From Atlanta, at a meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
Rats born to mothers who drank caffeinated beverages throughout their pregnancies had abnormal brain-cell function, researchers report.
Experts already recommend that pregnant women limit their caffeine to 300 milligrams per day—about the amount in three cups of coffee. Although this moderate consumption is considered safe, Deborah Soellner and Joseph Núñez of Michigan State University in East Lansing wondered whether it could still have significant effects on youngsters’ brains.