Findings |
Affected region |
Mechanisms |
References |
Fetus from GDM |
Anencephaly, holoprosencephaly, syntelencephaly |
CNS |
Increased oxidative stress |
[147] |
Neural tube defects |
CNS |
Hyperinsulinemia-increasedoxidative stress |
[148] |
CNS malformations |
CNS |
Hyperglycaemia |
[149] |
Infants from GDM |
Increasedlatency invisual evoked potentials |
Visual cortex |
nr |
[102] |
Alterations inthe pattern ofevent-related potentials |
CNS |
nr |
[103] |
Impairedrecognition memory |
Hippocampus |
Alterations inevent-related potentials |
[106] |
Motor deficit, inattention |
CNS |
nr |
[100] |
Impairedrecognition memory |
CNS |
Iron deficiency |
[15] |
Impairedrecognition memory |
Hippocampus |
Changesofevent-related potentials |
[16] |
No differencein the potentials ofauditory response |
Brainstem |
nr |
[150] |
Alterations inevent-related memory |
CNS |
Deficitin rememberingsequencesofevents with multiplesteps |
[151] |
Motor deficit, inattention |
CNS |
Correlates with the mother glycaemic control |
[101] |
Poor performancein neurologicaltests |
CNS |
Not correlated withmaternalglycaemic control |
[100] |
Motor deficit |
CNS |
Correlated with the maternal glycaemic control |
[152] |