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Diet and Brain (Adult Population)

The CNP Diet and Brain Research Category consolidates research exploring the interdependent relationship between dietary intake and the brain. To view each original study on the open internet, click “Original.” To view the CNP-written abstract summary, click “CNP Summary.” While only some of the CNP-written abstract summaries are available below for free, all abstract summaries are available to CNP members through the CNP Library Membership.

RESEARCH SUMMARIES

2016

High-fat diet Induced anxiety and anhedonia: Impact on brain homeostasis and inflammation (animal)

CNP Research Summary can be found in the CNP Library Membership

2017

High-fat diet and aging interact to produce neuroinflammation and impair hippocampal- and amygdalar-dependent memory (animal)

2018

Long term Westernized diet leads to region-specific changes in brain signaling mechanisms (animal)

CNP Research Summary can be found in the CNP Library Membership

2019

A high-fat high-sugar diet in adolescent rats impairs social memory and alters chemical markers characteristic of atypical neuroplasticity and parvalbumin interneuron depletion in the medial prefrontal cortex (animal)

2016

A high-fat diet decreases GABA concentration in the frontal cortex and hippocampus of rats (animal)

CNP Research Summary can be found in the CNP Library Membership

2018

Chronic consumption of a western diet modifies the DNA methylation profile in the frontal cortex of mice (animal)

2019

Dietary fructose-induced gut dysbiosis promotes mouse hippocampal neuroinflammation: a benefit of short-chain fatty acids

2017

High-fat diet and aging interact to produce neuroinflammation and impair hippocampal- and amygdalar-dependent memory

CNP Research Summary can be found in the CNP Library Membership

2020

Hippocampal-dependent appetitive control is impaired by experimental exposure to a Western-style diet