Title Nutritional neuroscience / edited by Harris R. Lieberman, Robin Kanarek, Chandan Prasad

Published Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (410 pages) : illustrations Series Nutrition, brain, and behavior Nutrition, brain, and behavior. Contents Front cover; Preface; Editors; Contributors; Table of Contents; Part I; Fundamental Issues and Methods in Nutritional Neuroscience; Chapter 1; Human Nutritional Neuroscience: Fundamental Issues; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Food Constituents that Affect Human Behavior; 1.3 Experimental Control; 1.3.1 Use of Double-Blind Procedures and Placeboes; 1.3.2 Dose-Response Designs; 1.3.3 Consistency and Control of the Test Environment; 1.3.4 Volunteer Motivation; 1.3.5 Confounding Factors; 1.4 Replication; 1.5 Selection of Appropriate Tests; 1.5.1 Cognitive Performance Assessment 1.5.2 Appropriate Use of Mood Questionnaires1.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2; Consideration of Experimental Design for Studies in Nutritional Neuroscience; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Association of Consumption with Behavior; 2.3 Validation of the Relationship between Nutrient and Mental Function; 2.4 Site and Mechanisms of Action; 2.5 Source of Nutrient; 2.6 Optimizing the Relation between Consumption and Enhancement of Performance; 2.7 Transfer to Clinical Trials; References; Chapter 3; Assessment of Animal Behavior; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Unconditioned Behavior 3.2.1 General Activity3.2.2 Exploratory Activity; 3.2.3 Motor Skills; 3.3 Conditioned Behavior; 3.3.1 Classical Conditioning; 3.3.2 Operant Conditioning; 3.3.3 Motor Learning; 3.3.4 Simple Maze Learning; 3.3.5 Complex Maze Learning; 3.3.6 Morris Water Maze; 3.3.7 Radial Arm Water Maze; 3.4 Animal Models of Disorders; 3.4.1 Forced Swim Test of Depression; 3.4.2 Elevated Plus Maze Measure of Anxiety; 3.4.3 The APP + PS1 Genetic Model of Alzheimer's Disease; 3.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4; Electrophysiological Methods: Application in Nutritional Neuroscience; 4.1 Introduction 4.1.1 Nutritional Alterations and Brain Function4.1.2 General Principles in Neural Electrophysiology; 4.2 The Electroencephalogram (EEG) in Nutritional Neuroscience; 4.3 Evoked Potentials and Nutrition; 4.4 Nutrition and Cortical Spreading Depression (SD); 4.5 Concluding Remarks; References; Part II; Macronutrients, Brain Function, and Behavior; Chapter 5; Diet, Cerebral Energy Metabolism, and Psychological Functioning; 5.1 From Meal to Starvation: The Homeostatic Control of Blood Glucose; 5.2 Glucose Transport Molecules; 5.3 Positron Emission Tomography 5.4 Does the Supply of Glucose to the Brain Match Demand?5.5 Hypoglycemia; 5.6 Glucose Sensors and Hunger; 5.7 Insulin and the Brain; 5.8 Glucose and Memory; 5.9 Demands of the Task; 5.10 Meals and Memory; 5.11 Mechanisms Underlying Memory Improvement; 5.12 Cerebral Metabolism and Neurodegeneration; 5.13 Summary; References; Chapter 6; The Acute Effects of Meals on Cognitive Performance; 6.1 Why Is It Important to Study the Effects of Meals on Cognitive Behavior?; 6.2 Variables to Consider When Investigating the Effects of Meals on Cognitive Behavior; 6.2.1 Characteristics of the Meal Summary FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES AND METHODS IN NUTRITIONAL NEUROSCIENCEHuman Nutritional Neuroscience: Fundamental Issues Harris R. LiebermanConsideration of Experimental Design for Studies in Nutritional NeuroscienceRuth B.S. HarrisAssessment of Animal BehaviorRachel L. GalliElectrophysiological Methods: Application in Nutritional NeuroscienceRubem Carlos Araújo GuedesMACRONUTRIENTS, BRAIN FUNCTION, AND BEHAVIORDiet, Cerebral Energy Metabolism, and Psychological FunctioningDavid BentonThe Acute Effects of Meals on Cognitive Performance Caroline R. Mahoney, Holly A. Taylor, and Robin B. KanarekRegulation o Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Brain. Nutrition. Human behavior. Diet in disease. Neurosciences. Brain -- physiology Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Behavior Diet Neurosciences Brain brains. human behavior. Neurosciences Human behavior Diet in disease Brain Nutrition Nervensystem Ernährung Form Electronic book Author Lieberman, Harris R Kanarek, Robin B Prasad, Chandan, 1942- ISBN 9780203564554 0203564553 1420023446 9781420023442 9780415315999 0415315999

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