Obesity-Induced Neuroinflammation: Beyond the Hypothalamus

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 237-253

  Guillemot Legris, Owein ^a   Muccioli, Giulio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bioactive lipid; blood brain barrier; high fat diet; lipopolysaccharide; memory; PUFA

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BRAIN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY;

EID: 85015331450     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2017.02.005     Document Type: Review

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