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New insights into nutrition and cognitive neuroscience: Symposium on ‘Early nutrition and later disease: current concepts, research and implications’

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Dauncey, M. J.·2009·Proceedings of The Nutrition Society

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Nutrition can affect the brain throughout the life cycle, with profound implications for mental health and degenerative disease. Many aspects of nutrition, from entire diets to specific nutrients, affect brain structure and function. The present short review focuses on recent insights into the role of nutrition in cognition and mental health and is divided into four main sections. First, the importance of nutritional balance and nutrient interactions to brain health are considered by reference to the Mediterranean diet, energy balance, fatty acids and trace elements. Many factors modulate the effects of nutrition on brain health and inconsistencies between studies can be explained in part by differences in early environment and genetic variability. Thus, these two factors are considered in the second and third parts of the present review. Finally, recent findings on mechanisms underlying the actions of nutrition on the brain are considered. These mechanisms involve changes in neurotrophic factors, neural pathways and brain plasticity. Advances in understanding the critical role of nutrition in brain health will help to fulfil the potential of nutrition to optimise brain function, prevent dysfunction and treat disease.

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Authors
Dauncey, M. J.
Affiliations
University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
Dauncey, M. J.
Venue
Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
Published
2009-08-24
Volume
68
Issue
4
Pages
408-415
ISSN
  • 0029-6651 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-2719
OpenAlex
W1989255487
Cited by
107
References
84
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Southampton
  • Wolfson College, University of Cambridge
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
Keywords
nutrition and brain health, cognition, mental health, Mediterranean diet, energy balance, fatty acids, trace elements, nutrient interactions, early life environment, genetic variation, neurotrophic factors, neuroplasticity, neural pathways, degenerative diseases
MeSH terms
Brain, Cognition, Diet, Environment, Humans, Mental Health, Nerve Growth Factors, Nervous System Physiological Phenomena, Neuronal Plasticity, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Genetic Variation, Epigenesis, Genetic

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