Blood-brain barrier disruption: Mechanistic links between western diet consumption and dementia

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Hsu, Ted M ^a   Kanoski, Scott E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Blood brain barrier; Cognitive impairment; Hippocampus; Obesity; Western diet

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN REGION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; SHORT SURVEY; WESTERN DIET;

EID: 84901334114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00088     Document Type: Short Survey

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