[HTML][HTML] Western diet as a trigger of Alzheimer's disease: From metabolic syndrome and systemic inflammation to neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

A Więckowska-Gacek, A Mietelska-Porowska… - Ageing research …, 2021 - Elsevier
An excess of saturated fatty acids and simple sugars in the diet is a known environmental
risk factor of Alzheimer's disease (AD) but the holistic view of the interacting processes …

The molecular effects of environmental enrichment on Alzheimer's disease

AKY Liew, CH Teo, T Soga - Molecular neurobiology, 2022 - Springer
Environmental enrichment (EE) is an environmental paradigm encompassing sensory,
cognitive, and physical stimulation at a heightened level. Previous studies have reported the …

Probiotic Clostridium butyricum ameliorates cognitive impairment in obesity via the microbiota-gut-brain axis

M Zheng, H Ye, X Yang, L Shen, X Dang, X Liu… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Obesity is a risk factor for cognitive dysfunction and neurodegenerative disease, including
Alzheimer's disease (AD). The gut microbiota-brain axis is altered in obesity and linked to …

The concept of resilience to Alzheimer's Disease: current definitions and cellular and molecular mechanisms

LE de Vries, I Huitinga, HW Kessels, DF Swaab… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Some individuals are able to maintain their cognitive abilities despite the presence of
significant Alzheimer's Disease (AD) neuropathological changes. This discrepancy between …

Environmental and cognitive enrichment in childhood as protective factors in the adult and aging brain

B Schoentgen, G Gagliardi, B Défontaines - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Some recent studies have highlighted a link between a favorable childhood environment
and the strengthening of neuronal resilience against the changes that occur in natural aging …

Impairments in brain bioenergetics in aging and tau pathology: a chicken and egg situation?

A Grimm - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The brain is the most energy-consuming organ of the body and impairments in brain energy
metabolism will affect neuronal functionality and viability. Brain aging is marked by defects in …

Exercise training and BDNF injections alter amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing enzymes and improve cognition

BJ Baranowski, A Mohammad… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Exercise reduces cognitive aging, neurodegeneration, and Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk.
Acute exercise reduces the activity of β-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme 1 …

A short‐term western diet impairs cholesterol homeostasis and key players of beta amyloid metabolism in brain of middle aged rats

MS Spagnuolo, V Pallottini, A Mazzoli… - Molecular Nutrition & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Scope Cholesterol homeostasis is crucial for brain functioning. Unhealthy nutrition can
influence cerebral physiology, but the effect of western diets on brain cholesterol …

Enriched environment combined with fluoxetine ameliorates depression-like behaviors and hippocampal SYP expression in a rat CUS model

C Liu, JY Gu, JH Han, FL Yan, Y Li, TT Lv, LQ Zhao… - Brain research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of enriched environment (EE) combined with fluoxetine in a chronic
unpredictable stress (CUS) rat model were examined in our study. Thirty male Sprague …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term high-fat diet favors the appearances of apoptosis and gliosis by activation of ERK1/2/p38MAPK pathways in brain

CJ Xu, MQ Li, WG Chen, JL Wang - Aging (Albany NY), 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
High-fat diet (HFD) has been associated with neuroinflammation and apoptosis in distinct
brain regions. To explore the effect of short-term (7, 14 and 21 days) high-fat overfeeding on …