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A four-day Western-style dietary intervention causes reductions in hippocampal-dependent learning and memory and interoceptive sensitivity.

In animals, a Western style diet-high in saturated fat and added sugar-causes impairments in hippocampal-dependent learning and memory (HDLM) and...

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A high-fat diet impairs cardiac high-energy phosphate metabolism and cognitive function in healthy human subjects.

BACKGROUND:High-fat, low-carbohydrate diets are widely used for weight reduction, but they may also have detrimental effects via increased circulating free...

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Short-term consumption of a high-fat diet impairs whole-body efficiency and cognitive function in sedentary men

We recently showed that a short-term high-fat diet blunted exercise performance in rats, accompanied by increased uncoupling protein levels and...

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Imaging the progression of Alzheimer pathology through the brain.

Soon after the widespread availability of computerized x-ray tomography (CT) in clinical medicine in the 1970s, reports began to appear...

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Hippocampal neurons inhibit meal onset.

There is extensive research regarding the neural mechanisms involved in satiety and meal termination; in contrast, there is very limited...

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Western diet consumption and cognitive impairment: links to hippocampal dysfunction and obesity.

Intake of saturated fats and simple carbohydrates, two of the primary components of a modern Western diet, is linked with...

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Metabolic syndrome and the role of dietary lifestyles in Alzheimer's disease

Since Alzheimer's disease (AD) has no cure or preventive treatment, an urgent need exists to find a means of preventing,...

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Meta-analysis of infectious agents and depression.

Depression is a debilitating psychiatric disorder and a growing global public health issue. However, the relationships between microbial infections and...

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Active HHV-6 Infection of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells in Mood Disorders.

Early-life infections and associated neuroinflammation is incriminated in the pathogenesis of various mood disorders. Infection with human roseoloviruses, HHV-6A and...

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