Why is obesity such a problem in the 21st century? The intersection of palatable food, cues and reward pathways, stress, and cognition

MJ Morris, JE Beilharz, J Maniam, AC Reichelt… - Neuroscience & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in food composition and availability have contributed to the dramatic
increase in obesity over the past 30–40 years in developed and, increasingly, in developing …

Imaging recollection and familiarity in the medial temporal lobe: a three-component model

RA Diana, AP Yonelinas, C Ranganath - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2007 - cell.com
The medial temporal lobe (MTL) plays a crucial role in supporting memory for events, but the
functional organization of regions in the MTL remains controversial, especially regarding the …

Going beyond LTM in the MTL: a synthesis of neuropsychological and neuroimaging findings on the role of the medial temporal lobe in memory and perception

KS Graham, MD Barense, ACH Lee - Neuropsychologia, 2010 - Elsevier
Studies in rats and non-human primates suggest that medial temporal lobe (MTL) structures
play a role in perceptual processing, with the hippocampus necessary for spatial …

Multiple anatomical systems embedded within the primate medial temporal lobe: implications for hippocampal function

JP Aggleton - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
A review of medial temporal lobe connections reveals three distinct groupings of
hippocampal efferents. These efferent systems and their putative memory functions are:(1) …

Gut vagal sensory signaling regulates hippocampus function through multi-order pathways

AN Suarez, TM Hsu, CM Liu, EE Noble… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The vagus nerve is the primary means of neural communication between the gastrointestinal
(GI) tract and the brain. Vagally mediated GI signals activate the hippocampus (HPC), a …

Short exposure to a diet rich in both fat and sugar or sugar alone impairs place, but not object recognition memory in rats

JE Beilharz, J Maniam, MJ Morris - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2014 - Elsevier
High energy diets have been shown to impair cognition however, the rapidity of these
effects, and the dietary component/s responsible are currently unclear. We conducted two …

TNF-α protein synthesis inhibitor restores neuronal function and reverses cognitive deficits induced by chronic neuroinflammation

K Belarbi, T Jopson, D Tweedie, C Arellano… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background Chronic neuroinflammation is a hallmark of several neurological disorders
associated with cognitive loss. Activated microglia and secreted factors such as tumor …

Short-term exposure to a diet high in fat and sugar, or liquid sugar, selectively impairs hippocampal-dependent memory, with differential impacts on inflammation

JE Beilharz, J Maniam, MJ Morris - Behavioural brain research, 2016 - Elsevier
Chronic high-energy diets are known to induce obesity and impair memory; these changes
have been associated with inflammation in brain areas crucial for memory. In this study, we …

The role of recollection and familiarity in the functional differentiation of the medial temporal lobes

D Montaldi, AR Mayes - Hippocampus, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The components of the medial temporal lobes (MTL) receive different kinds of input. The
perirhinal cortex receives primarily object/item information, the parahippocampal cortex …

The fate of memory: Reconsolidation and the case of Prediction Error

RS Fernández, MM Boccia, ME Pedreira - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2016 - Elsevier
The ability to make predictions based on stored information is a general coding strategy. A
Prediction-Error (PE) is a mismatch between expected and current events. It was proposed …