Short-term exposure to a diet high in fat and sugar, or liquid sugar, selectively impairs hippocampal-dependent memory, with differential impacts on inflammation

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 306, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-7

  Beilharz, J E ^a   Maniam, J ^a   Morris, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Fat; Hippocampus; Inflammation; Memory; Sugar

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; REELIN; SIRTUIN 1; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKINE; NERVE PROTEIN; TLR4 PROTEIN, RAT;

AGRP GENE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B2M GENE; BDNF GENE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRD1 GENE; DRD2 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HPRT 1 GENE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IKBKB GENE; IL 1BETA GENE; IL 6 GENE; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; MALE; NF KAPPAB1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NPY GENE; OBESITY; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; PLA2G4A GENE; POMC GENE; PPIA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTGS2 GENE; RAT; RELN GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIRT 1 GENE; SOCS 3 GENE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUGAR INTAKE; TLR 4 GENE; TNF ALPHA GENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; YWHAZ GENE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKINES; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84960841798     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.03.018     Document Type: Article

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