Western diet is associated with a smaller hippocampus: A longitudinal investigation

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jacka, Felice N ^a,b,c,d   Cherbuin, Nicolas ^e   Anstey, Kaarin J ^e   Sachdev, Perminder ^f   Butterworth, Peter ^e  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Diet; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurogenesis; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; WESTERN DIET; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COHORT STUDIES; DIET, WESTERN; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84941218822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0461-x     Document Type: Article

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