Cortical Visual Evoked Potentials and Growth in Infants Fed with Bioactive Compounds-Enriched Infant Formula: Results from COGNIS Randomized Clinical Trial Nieto-Ruiz, Ana García Santos, José Antonio G. Bermúdez, Mercedes Herrnan, Florian Diéguez Castillo, Estefanía Sepúlveda Valbuena, Natalia García García, Salomé Miranda León, María Teresa Castellar, Roser de Rodríguez-Palmero, Maria Catena Martínez, Andrés Campoy Folgoso, Cristina Breastfeeding Infant formula Bioactive compounds Visual evoked potentials Growth Postnatal nutrition is essential for growth and neurodevelopment. We analyzed the influence of a new enriched-infant formula with bioactive compounds on growth, neurodevelopment, and visual function (VF) in healthy infants during their first 18 months of life. A total of 170 infants were randomized in the COGNIS randomized clinical trial (RCT) to receive a standard infant formula (SF = 85) or a new experimental infant formula supplemented with functional nutrients (EF = 85). As a control, 50 breastfed infants (BF) were enrolled. Growth patterns were evaluated up to 18 months of life; neurodevelopment was assessed by general movements at 2, 3, and 4 months; VF was measured by cortical visual evoked potentials at 3 and 12 months. No differences in growth and neurodevelopment were found between groups. Regarding VF, SF and EF infants presented prolonged latencies and lower amplitudes in the P100 wave than BF infants. In the EF group, a higher percentage of infants presented response at 7 1/2' of arc at 12 months compared to 3 months of age; a similar proportion of BF and EF infants presented responses at 7 1/2' of arc at 12 months of age. Early nutritional intervention with bioactive compounds could narrow the gap in growth and neurodevelopment between breastfed and formula-fed infants. 2020-01-24T10:31:30Z 2020-01-24T10:31:30Z 2019-10-14 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Nieto-Ruiz, A., García-Santos, J. A., Bermúdez, M. G., Herrmann, F., Diéguez, E., Sepúlveda-Valbuena, N., ... & Catena, A. (2019). Cortical Visual Evoked Potentials and Growth in Infants Fed with Bioactive Compounds-Enriched Infant Formula: Results from COGNIS Randomized Clinical Trial. Nutrients, 11(10), 2456. http://hdl.handle.net/10481/59117 10.3390/nu11102456 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España MDPI