Nutrition and Central Nervous System

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: 17β-estradiol; ADHD; aging; Alzheimer’s disease; AMPK; Angelica gigas; apoptosis; appetite; attention-deficit-hyperactive-disorder; BDNF; beneficial bacteria; Biology, life sciences; cell cycle; children; Chinese herbal formula; chronic mild stress; cingulum; corticosterone; Cultural and media studies; Cultural studies; development; diabetes; dietary sugar; dipeptide; dopamine; energy depletion; estrogen receptor alpha; fructose; hippocampus; human health; hypothalamus; IRS1; JBCC4 Cultural studies: food and society; major depressive disorder; Mathematics and Science; memory; memory decline; microbiome; microbiota; microbiota-gut-brain axis; mild cognitive impairment; milk; monoamine oxidase B; neurodegenerative diseases; neuroinflammation; nucleus accumbens; oxidative stress; palatability; probiotics; psychobiotics; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; reward; S-equol; serine phosphorylation; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; synaptic dysfunction; traumatic brain injury; β-Amyloid
• ISBN: 9783039432318; 3039432303; 9783039432301; 3039432311
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-03943-231-8

The focus of this Special Issue is “Nutrition and the Central Nervous System”. The brain is, as a very specialized and one of the most metabolically active organs of the body, dependent on a steady and sufficient supply of dietary ingredients. The critical role of the diet for brain development as well as for proper CNS functioning and the possible preventative roles against neurodegenerative and neurological conditions is commonly accepted. The overarching aim of this Special Issue is pinpointing the mechanisms of action and publishing state-of-the-art contributions discussing the roles that nutritional compounds play in the development, maintenance, and aging of the CNS.