Diet and exercise in cognitive function and neurological diseases

Diet and exercise in cognitive function and neurological diseases / Tahira Farooqui and Akhlaq A. Farooqui, editors.

"Diet and Exercise in Cognitive Function and Neurological Diseases looks at the role and impact that nutrition and activity have on cognitive function and neurological health. The book is divided into the two sections. The first focuses on diet and its impact on neurobiological processes. Chapt...

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Other Authors: Farooqui, Tahira (Editor), Farooqui, Akhlaq A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2014]
Subjects:
Nutritionally induced diseases.
Brain > Physiology.
Aging > Physiology.
Diet in disease.
Exercise.
Nervous system > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
Nervous system > Diseases
Exercise
Diet in disease
Brain > Physiology
Nutritionally induced diseases
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Table of Contents:
  • Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Hippocrates 440BC; Contributors; Foreword: Kirk I. Erickson; Reference; Foreword: Shin Murakami; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Nutrition, Genes, and Neuroscience: Implications for Development, Health, and Disease; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Nutrition and Cognitive Neuroscience; 1.3 Mechanisms Underlying Nutrition-Gene Interactions; 1.4 Environment and Epigenetics In Neurological Health and Disease; 1.5 Early Nutrition, Brain Development, and Later Neurological Disease; 1.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References.
  • 2 Neurochemical Effects of Western Diet Consumption on Human Brain2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Effects of Long-term Consumption of Western Diet on the Brain; 2.3 Conclusion; References; 3 Effect of Mediterranean Diet on Human Health in Seniors: Relationship with Telomers; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 MD and Human Health: What's the Evidence; 3.3 Explanatory Mechanisms Linking MD to Human Health; 3.4 Cellular Senescence, Telomere Shortening, and MD: Connected Agents of Aging?; 3.5 Conclusions and Final Remarks; References; 4 Effect of a Mediterranean Diet on Mental and Physical Quality of Life.
  • 4.1 Introduction4.2 The Mediterranean Diet; 4.3 Health-Related Quality of Life; 4.4 How Does Food Affect Quality of Life?; 4.5 Conclusion; References; 5 Ketogenic Diets for the Treatment of Neurologic Disease; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 History; 5.3 Proposed Mechanisms of the KD; 5.4 The KD in Practice; 5.5 Alternative KD; 5.6 The KD in Epilepsy: Evidence for Use; 5.7 The KD for Neurologic Diseases Other than Epilepsy; 5.8 Conclusion; References; 6 Levels of n-3 Fatty Acids and their Metabolites in the Brain: Their Impact on Brain Function and Neurological Disorders; 6.1 Introduction.
  • 6.2 Epa-Derived Lipid Mediators6.3 Dha-Derived Lipid Mediators; 6.4 Generation of Epa- and Dha-Derived Lipid Mediators and Neurological Disorders; 6.5 Conclusion; References; 7 Homocysteine Levels in Neurological Disorders; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Hcy in Neurological Disorders; 7.3 Conclusion; References; 8 Table Salt and Dementia; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Salt and Hypertension; 8.3 Pathways from Salt to Hypertension and Raas; 8.4 Strokes: Multi-Infarct Dementia; 8.5 Salt, Autoimmune Responses, and Alzheimer's Disease; 8.6 Conclusion; References.
  • 9 Contribution of Diet and Exercise in the Pathogenesis of Major Depression9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Diet and Depression; 9.3 Potential Mechanisms Behind the Antidepressant Actions of Diet; 9.4 Directions for Future Research; 9.5 Exercise and Depression; 9.6 Potential Mechanisms Behind the Antidepressant Effect of Exercise; 9.7 Directions for Future Research; 9.8 Conclusion; References; 10 Role of Diet and Exercise in Diabetic Retinopathy; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Metabolic Dysregulation in DR; 10.3 Lifestyle Interventions of Diabetes; 10.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References.

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