{"id":5526,"date":"2013-08-09T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/?p=5526"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:13:02","slug":"dar-de-mamar-no-solo-alimenta-al-recien-nacido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/?p=5526","title":{"rendered":"Lactancia materna y desarrollo cerebral: qu\u00e9 dice la ciencia | IMFER Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La lactancia materna aporta beneficios que van mucho m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de la nutrici\u00f3n. Uno de los m\u00e1s investigados en las \u00faltimas d\u00e9cadas es su efecto sobre el desarrollo cerebral del beb\u00e9. En IMFER, donde acompa\u00f1amos a las mujeres desde el deseo de ser madres hasta el nacimiento de sus hijos, creemos que es importante compartir esta evidencia con rigor y sin idealizaciones.<\/p>\n<h2>Lactancia materna y desarrollo neurol\u00f3gico<\/h2>\n<p>Un estudio de referencia realizado por investigadores de la Universidad de Brown (EE.UU.), publicado en la revista NeuroImage, analiz\u00f3 mediante resonancia magn\u00e9tica funcional el cerebro de 133 ni\u00f1os de entre 10 meses y 4 a\u00f1os de edad, divididos en tres grupos seg\u00fan el tipo de alimentaci\u00f3n recibida: lactancia materna exclusiva, lactancia mixta o lactancia artificial.<\/p>\n<p>Los resultados mostraron diferencias significativas en la cantidad de mielina, una sustancia lip\u00eddica que recubre los axones de las neuronas y facilita la transmisi\u00f3n de impulsos nerviosos. A partir de los 2 a\u00f1os de edad, los ni\u00f1os con lactancia materna exclusiva presentaban entre un 20% y un 30% m\u00e1s de mielina que los del grupo de lactancia artificial en \u00e1reas relacionadas con el lenguaje, la motricidad y la percepci\u00f3n visual. Los de lactancia mixta mostraron resultados intermedios.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 la leche materna favorece el desarrollo cerebral?<\/h2>\n<p>La leche materna contiene \u00e1cidos grasos de cadena larga (especialmente DHA y ARA) que son componentes estructurales clave del tejido nervioso. Tambi\u00e9n contiene factores de crecimiento, hormonas y compuestos bioactivos que influyen directamente en la maduraci\u00f3n neuronal. La concentraci\u00f3n de estos elementos var\u00eda a lo largo de la lactancia, adapt\u00e1ndose a las necesidades del beb\u00e9 en cada fase.<\/p>\n<p>El mismo estudio apunt\u00f3 que cuanto m\u00e1s tiempo se mantiene la lactancia materna, mayores son las diferencias observadas en el desarrollo de la materia blanca cerebral. Los beneficios se acumulan con el tiempo.<\/p>\n<h2>Lactancia, v\u00ednculo y desarrollo emocional<\/h2>\n<p>La lactancia materna no es solo alimentaci\u00f3n: es contacto, temperatura corporal, olor, ritmo. Todo ello favorece el desarrollo del sistema nervioso aut\u00f3nomo del beb\u00e9 y consolida el v\u00ednculo emocional con la madre. La oxitocina liberada durante la toma tiene efectos ansiol\u00edticos en ambos y refuerza la respuesta emp\u00e1tica materna.<\/p>\n<p>Si tienes dificultades para establecer la lactancia o deseas apoyo durante el proceso, en IMFER podemos orientarte. El inicio de la lactancia tras un tratamiento de reproducci\u00f3n asistida no difiere del inicio en cualquier otro parto: con los apoyos adecuados, es perfectamente posible.<\/p>\n<p>Para mas informacion, visita nuestra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/guia-infertilidad-pareja\/\">guia sobre reproduccion asistida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tambi\u00e9n puede interesarte:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/desarrollo-motor-bebe-primer-ano-hitos\/\">desarrollo motor e intelectual del bebe<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/restablecer-el-vinculo-cuando-te-separan-del-bebe-tras-dar-a-luz\/\">como fortalecer el vinculo con el bebe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"imfer-article-cta-inline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imfer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consulta con nuestros especialistas en IMFER<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La lactancia materna aporta beneficios que van mucho m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de la nutrici\u00f3n. Uno de los m\u00e1s investigados en las \u00faltimas d\u00e9cadas es su efecto sobre el desarrollo cerebral del beb\u00e9. En IMFER, donde acompa\u00f1amos a las mujeres desde el deseo de ser madres hasta el nacimiento de sus hijos, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,7,1117,1286],"class_list":["post-5526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad","tag-actualidad","tag-fertilidad","tag-lactancia-materna","tag-reproduccion-asistida","h-entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lactancia materna y desarrollo cerebral | IMFER Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lactancia materna y desarrollo cerebral: qu\u00e9 dice la ciencia sobre la mielina, el DHA y el v\u00ednculo emocional. 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