Full Description
This volume provides a survey of the links between nutrition and the brain. It examines many of the mechanisms by which diet and individual nutrients are known to modify brain development, biochemistry and function, and evaluates current practices in the use of the diet for the prevention and treatment of disorders affecting brain function. It also highlights the need to consider issues related to brain function in the development and evolution of national policies for treating nutritional deficiencies and excesses. Written by leading investigators and clinicians, this publication will help practitioners, clinical investigators and scientists appreciate the broad opportunities awaiting investigation, and ultimately, clinical applications, in this dynamic and expanding area of investigation.
Contents
Undernutrition and mental development; Interaction of iron deficiency anemia and neurofunctions in cognitive development; mechanisms for nutrient effects on brain development and cognition; carbohydrate and fat-based appetite control mechanisms; neuropeptides and the control of energy homeostasis; diet, monoamine neurotransmitters and appetite control; nutrients and affective disorders; nutrition, serotonin and behavior in anorexia and bulimia nervosa; lipids in neural function - modulation of behavior by oral administration of endocannabinoids found in foods; nutritional impact on sleep-wake cycle; aging, B vitamins and cognitive decline; diet-related prevention of Alzheimer's disease - different hypotheses; nutritional pathogenesis and prevention of stroke; risk from exposure to metals - deficits and excesses (Cu, Fe, Mn, Al, Cr, B); nutritional reversion of cognitive impairment in the elderly; metabolic encephalopathies - liver disease, renal failure, critical illness; the ketogenic diet and epilepsy.
