Τίτλος:
Nutrition and brain function: A multidisciplinary virtual symposium
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
A few months ago, the Brazilian Society for Neuroscience and Behavior (SBNeC) promoted a "virtual symposium" (by Internet, under the coordination of R.C.A. Guedes) on "Nutrition and Brain Function". The discussions generated during that symposium originated the present text, which analyzes current topics on the theme, based on the multidisciplinary experience of the authors. The way the brain could be non-homogeneously affected by nutritional alterations, as well as questions like early malnutrition and the development of late obesity and hormone abnormalities were discussed. Also, topics like the role of essential fatty acids (EFAs) on brain development, increased seizure susceptibility and changes in different neurotransmitters and in cognitive performance in malnourished animals, as well as differences between overall changes in nutrient intake and excess or deficiency of specific nutrients (e.g. iodine deficiency) were analyzed. It was pointed out that different types of neurons, possibly in distinct brain structures, might be differently affected by nutritional manipulation, including not only lack-but also excess of nutrient intake. Such differences could help in explaining discrepancies between data on humans and in animals and so, could aid in determining the basic mechanisms underlying lesions or changes in brain function and behavior.
Συγγραφείς:
Almeida, S.S.
Duntas, L.H.
Dye, L.
Nunes, M.L.
Prasad, C.
Rocha, J.B.T.
Wainwright, P.
Zaia, C.T.B.V.
Guedes, R.C.A.
Περιοδικό:
Nutritional Neuroscience
Εκδότης:
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
4 aminobutyric acid; essential fatty acid; galanin; growth hormone; growth hormone releasing factor; iodine; neuropeptide Y; neurotransmitter, adaptive behavior; anorexia; article; attention deficit disorder; brain development; brain function; brain nerve cell; brain region; Brazil; cell type; cognition; comorbidity; controlled study; dietary intake; electrophysiology; endocrine disease; essential fatty acid deficiency; feeding behavior; GABAergic transmission; human; insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; insulin resistance; Internet; intrauterine growth retardation; iodine deficiency; longevity; low birth weight; malnutrition; medical society; non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; nonhuman; nutrition; obesity; pain threshold; priority journal; protein calorie malnutrition; rat; seizure susceptibility; sleep; symposium, Animalia
DOI:
10.1080/1028415021000033776
