Obesity and neuroinflammation: a pathway to cognitive impairment

AA Miller, SJ Spencer - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2014 - Elsevier
Obesity is a growing problem worldwide and is associated with a range of comorbidities,
including cognitive dysfunction. In this review we will address the evidence that obesity and …

Aging, lifestyle and dementia

D Wahl, SM Solon-Biet, VC Cogger, L Fontana… - Neurobiology of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Aging is the greatest risk factor for most diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disorders,
and neurodegenerative disease. There is emerging evidence that interventions that improve …

Obesity in aging exacerbates blood–brain barrier disruption, neuroinflammation, and oxidative stress in the mouse hippocampus: effects on expression of genes …

Z Tucsek, P Toth, D Sosnowska… - … Series A: Biomedical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
There is growing evidence that obesity has deleterious effects on the brain and cognitive
function in the elderly population. However, the specific mechanisms through which aging …

Is Alzheimer's disease risk modifiable?

A Serrano-Pozo, JH Growdon - Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Population-based clinic-pathological studies have established that the most common
pathological substrate of dementia in community-dwelling elderly people is mixed …

Healthy brain, healthy life: a review of diet and exercise interventions to promote brain health and reduce Alzheimer's disease risk

BJ Baranowski, DM Marko, RK Fenech… - Applied Physiology …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
With the world's population aging at a rapid rate, the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD)
has significantly increased. These statistics are alarming given recent evidence that a third …

[HTML][HTML] High-fat diet-induced memory impairment in triple-transgenic Alzheimer's disease (3xTgAD) mice is independent of changes in amyloid and tau pathology

EM Knight, IVA Martins, S Gümüsgöz, SM Allan… - Neurobiology of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Obesity and consumption of a high-fat diet are known to increase the risk of Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Diets high in fat also increase disease neuropathology and/or cognitive …

Does vascular pathology contribute to Alzheimer changes?

RN Kalaria, R Akinyemi, M Ihara - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
In recent years there has been increased interest in whether vascular disease contributes to
Alzheimer's disease (AD). This review considers how modifiable risk factors such as …

Co-morbidity and systemic inflammation as drivers of cognitive decline: new experimental models adopting a broader paradigm in dementia research

C Cunningham, E Hennessy - Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2015 - Springer
Dementia prevalence increases with age and Alzheimer's disease (AD) accounts for up to
75% of cases. However, significant variability and overlap exists in the extent of amyloid-β …

The role of inflammasome in Alzheimer's disease

L Liu, C Chan - Ageing research reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic, progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative
disease with clinical characteristics of memory loss, dementia and cognitive impairment …

Pathogenetic pathways of cognitive dysfunction and dementia in metabolic syndrome

YY Borshchev, YP Uspensky, MM Galagudza - Life sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
The prevalence of dementia worldwide is growing at an alarming rate. A number of studies
and meta-analyses have provided evidence for increased risk of dementia in patients with …