Overview
- Explores the ways that adipose can affect the brain and central nervous system
- Contains a chapter on the effects of bariatric surgery on brain function
- Addresses obesity as a risk factor in many neurological disorders
Part of the book series: Advances in Neurobiology (NEUROBIOL, volume 19)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Adipose Tissue Biology and Crosstalks
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Obesity as a Risk Factor for Neurological Disease
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Brain Function After Bariatric Surgery
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Neuroimaging in Obesity
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Liliana Letra received her M.D. and Masters in Medicine from University of Coimbra, Portugal and her Neurology specialization from Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal. She is clinical neurologist at Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal and has a special interest in cognitive disorders. She is also Invited Assistant of Medical Physiology at Faculty of Medicine of University of Coimbra, Portugal. She develops her investigation and PhD Project in the field of obesity and dementia and her research interest is primarily the association of metabolic diseases and cognitive function.
Raquel Seiça received her M.D. and her PhD and Aggregation in Medicine from University of Coimbra, Portugal. She is Full Professor of Physiology-Medicine and Head of the Institute of Physiology at the same University. She is also Investigator of the Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences-IBILI-Faculty of Medicine and Collaborator Investigator in the Center for Classical and Humanistic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra. Her scientific interests lie in diabetes mellitus and obesity. She is author of 130 peer-reviewed papers, 13 book chapters, 193 peer-reviewed published abstracts and 477 presentations. She supervised 3 post-doctoral projects, 9 PhD Thesis, 36 Master Thesis and 46 Research Program Training.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Obesity and Brain Function
Editors: Liliana Letra, Raquel Seiça
Series Title: Advances in Neurobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63260-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63259-9Published: 28 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87511-8Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63260-5Published: 19 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2190-5215
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5223
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 248
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosciences, Neurology, Endocrinology