Diet — Brain Connections

1. Front Matter

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2. Prenatal Choline Supplementation Modifies Brain Development: Improved Cognition and Neuroprotection

   • Christina L. Williams, Eric G. Mohler

   Pages 1-14

3. Diet and Mood

   • David Benton

   Pages 15-30

4. Dietary Fatty Acids and Cognitive Function

   • Sandra Kalmijn

   Pages 31-46

5. Dietary Antioxidants and Synaptic Plasticity: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms

   • Marina Lynch

   Pages 47-61

6. Increasing Brain Healthspan by Dietary Restriction

   • Mark P. Mattson, Jaewon Lee

   Pages 63-85

7. 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

   Pages 87-104

8. Dietary Folate, B Vitamins and the Brain: The Homocysteine Connection

   • Mark P. Mattson, Inna I. Kruman, Wenzhen Duan

   Pages 105-124

9. Molecular Actions of Ginkgo Biloba Extract In Vivo and In Vitro

   • Kishorchandra Gohil, Lester Packer

   Pages 125-134

10. Creatine and Ginkgo Biloba Use in Sports and Health: A Knowledge Utilization Approach

    • Jonathan D. Geiger, Phillipe Legace-Wiens, Stephane Bastianetto, Remi Quirion

    Pages 135-157

11. Acetyl-L-Carnitine in Mood, Aging, and Disease

    • Jay W. Pettegrew, Joseph Levine, Richard J. McClure

    Pages 159-178

12. Effects of Phytoestrogens on Brain Chemistry, Structure, and Cognition

    • Yuanlong Pan

    Pages 179-196

13. Dietary Neurotoxins

    • Lucio G. Costa, Marina Guizzetti, Paola Costa-Mallen, Annabella Vitalone, Beatrice Tita

    Pages 197-213

14. Dietary Anti-Oxidants and the Risk for Brain Disease: The Hypothesis and Epidemiologic Evidence

    • Lenore J. Launer

    Pages 215-227

15. Copper, Zinc, and Alzheimer’s Disease

    • Avi L. Friedlich, Seiichi Nagano, Ashley I. Bush

    Pages 229-239

16. Ethanol Effects on Aging Brain

    • Jyrki Rintala, Pia Jaatinen

    Pages 241-258

17. Back Matter

    Pages 259-270

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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.
Key topics covered in depth include:

-caloric restriction benefit the brain and retard aging;
-effects of dietary antioxidants on brain function and aging;
-developmental and function consequences of different dietary fatty acids;
-biochemical links between dietary folic acid and psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders;
-effects of nutritional deficit during early development and behavior disorders later in life; -neurochemical basis of the benefits of widely used dietary supplements including creatine and Gingko biloba;
-contribution of dietary toxins such as metals and pesticides to neurological disorders.

• Alzheimer
• aging
• behavior
• development
• gene expression
• molecular mechanisms
• neuroscience

• National Institute on Aging, USA

  Mark P. Mattson

Mark P. Mattson is Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute of Aging Gerontology Research Center and a Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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