Parece que sim (em ratos):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/alzheimers-begin-womb-because-mums-9700947
Alimentos ricos em vitamina A (citação):
"Foods rich in the vitamin include sweet potatoes, tomatoes, spinach, cabbage, carrots, lettuce, grapefuit, mango, watermelon and apricots.
Other good sources are cod liver oil, liver and kidney. Smaller amounts are found in butter, full fat dairy products and margarine, oily fish and eggs."
Citando:
"In experiments on mice, his team found even a mild deficiency of vitamin A boosted production of amyloid beta in the brain.
This is one of the rogue proteins believed to be responsible for dementia by forming plaques that smother and destroy neurons, leading to loss of memory and confusion.
Mice that did not get enough vitamin A in the womb and infancy in the womb and infancy performed worse as adults on a standard test of learning and memory.
The researchers said these early developmental stages are crucial periods during which brain tissue is “programmed” for the rest of a person’s life."
