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Diet-brain connections : impact on memory, mood, aging an disease / edited by Mark P. Mattson.
Holman Biotech Commons QP356.3 .D54 2002
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Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks QP356.3 .D54 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain chemistry.
- Neurochemistry.
- Nutrition--Psychological aspects.
- Nutrition.
- Aging--Nutritional aspects.
- Aging.
- Nutritionally induced diseases.
- Brain--physiopathology.
- Diet--psychology.
- Aged.
- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases--physiopathology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Brain--physiopathology.
- Diet--psychology.
- Nutrition.
- Aged.
- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases--physiopathology.
- Physical Description:
- x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston ; Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2002]
- Summary:
- Diet -- Brain Connections fills a void between the fields of nutrition, behavior and cellular and molecular neurosciences by providing an integrated collection of articles that critically dissect the link between what we eat and how the brain develops and functions in health and disease.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Prenatal Choline Supplementation Modifies Brain Development: Improved Cognition and Neuroprotection / Christina Williams, Eric Mohler 1
- Chapter 2 Diet and Mood / David Benton 15
- Chapter 3 Dietary Fatty Acids and Cognitive Function / Sandra Kalmijn 31
- Chapter 4 Dietary Antioxidants and Synaptic Plasticity: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms / Marina Lynch 47
- Chapter 5 Increasing Brain Healthspan by Dietary Restriction / Mark P. Mattson, Jaewon Lee 63
- Chapter 6 Caloric Restriction Versus a Diet High in Antioxidants: Are They Equipotent in Altering or Reversing the Course of Aging? / Gemma Casadesus, Barbara Shukitt-Hale, Mark A. Smith, Heather M. Stellwagen, James A. Joseph 87
- Chapter 7 Dietary Folate, B Vitamins and The Brain: The Homocysteine Connection / Mark P. Mattson, Inna Kruman, Wenzhen Duan 105
- Chapter 8 Molecular Actions of Gingko Biloba Extract In Vivo and In Vitro: Global gene expression profiles reveal multiple molecular targets / Kishorchandra Gohil, Lester Packer 123
- Chapter 9 Creatine and Gingko Biloba Use in Sports and Health: A Knowledge Utilization Approach / Jonathan D. Geiger, Phillipe Legace-Wiens, Stephane Bastianetto, Remi Quirion 135
- Chapter 10 Acetyl-L-Carnite in Mood, Aging and Disease / Jay W. Pettegrew, Joseph Levine, Richard J. McClure 159
- Chapter 11 Effects of Phytoestrogens on Brain Chemistry, Structure and Cognition / Yuanlong Pan 179
- Chapter 12 Dietary Neurotoxins / Lucio G. Costa, Marina Guizzetti, Paola Costa-Mallen, Annabella Vitaline, Beatrice Tita 197
- Chapter 13 Dietary Anti-oxidants and the Risk for Brain Disease: The Hypothesis and Epidemiologic Evidence / Lenore J. Launer 215
- Chapter 14 Copper, Zinc and Alzheimer's Disease / Avi L. Friedlich, Seiichi Nagano, Ashley I. Bush 229
- Chapter 15 Ethanol Effects on Aging Brain / Jyrki Rintala, Pia Jaatinen 241.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical reference and index.
- ISBN:
- 1402071299
- OCLC:
- 50694671
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