Table of Contents
Contributors xi
Foreword Kirk I. Erickson xv
Foreword Shin Murakami xvii
Preface xixTahira Farooqui and Akhlaq A. Farooqui
Acknowledgments xxi
1 Nutrition, Genes, and Neuroscience: Implications for Development, Health, and Disease 1Margaret Joy Dauncey
2 Neurochemical Effects of Western Diet Consumption on Human Brain 15Akhlaq A. Farooqui and Tahira Farooqui
3 Effect of Mediterranean Diet on Human Health in Seniors: Relationship with Telomers 29Virginia Boccardi and Giuseppe Paolisso
4 Effect of a Mediterranean Diet on Mental and Physical Quality of Life 39Marialaura Bonaccio, Giovanni de Gaetano, and Licia Iacoviello
5 Ketogenic Diets for the Treatment of Neurologic Disease 47Christa W. Habela and Eric H. Kossoff
6 Levels of n‐3 Fatty Acids and their Metabolites in the Brain: Their Impact on Brain Function and Neurological Disorders 59Akhlaq A. Farooqui and Tahira Farooqui
7 Homocysteine Levels in Neurological Disorders 73Ahmed A. Moustafa, Doaa H. Hewedi, Abeer M. Eissa, Dorota Frydecka, and Błażej Misiak
8 Table Salt and Dementia 83Surender R. Neravetla and Shantanu R. Neravetla
9 Contribution of Diet and Exercise in the Pathogenesis of Major Depression 93Adrian L. Lopresti
10 Role of Diet and Exercise in Diabetic Retinopathy 105Mohammad Shamsul Ola, Haseeb A. Khan, and Abdullah S. Alhomida
11 The Effect of Western Diet on Cognition in Humans 111Heather M. Francis and Richard J. Stevenson
12 Role of Diet and Exercise in Intervention of Age‐Induced Impairments 123Kanti Bhooshan Pandey and Syed Ibrahim Rizvi
13 Hormesis and Cognitive Function: An Evolutionary/Adaptive Arabesque Leading to Longevity 133Alistair V.W. Nunn, Geoffrey W. Guy, and Jimmy D. Bell
14 Polyphenols and Cognitive Function 143Edwin D. Lephart
15 Prevention of Dementia Through Modifiable Risk Factors 163Patsri Srisuwan
16 Physical Exercise Improves Cognition in Brain Disorders: Alzheimer’s Disease 175Trevor Archer and Danilo Garcia
17 Molecular, Biochemical, and Physiological Basis of Beneficial Actions of Exercise 183Undurti N. Das
18 Beneficial Effects of Exercise and Cognitive Training on Cognitive Functions in Older Adults: Introduction of Smart Aging Studies 205Rui Nouchi and Ryuta Kawashima
19 Exercise and Cognitive Functions 213Bijli Nanda and S. Manjunatha
20 Role of Sleep in Cognition, Immunity, and Disease and Its Interaction with Exercise 225Mark R. Zielinski and Dmitry Gerashchenko
21 Effect of Forced and Voluntary Exercise on Neural Plasticity Mediated by Astrocytes 241Caren Bernardi, Mario Roberto Generosi Brauner, and Carlos Alberto Goncalves
22 Effect of Exercise on the Aging Brain 253Bonita L. Marks
23 The Effects of Exercise on Neuronal Survival 267Michael J. Chen
24 Exercise and Cognitive Function in Older Adults 279Nicola J. Gates and Maria Fiatarone Singh
25 Research Issues and Clinical Implications of Exercise Effects in the Treatment of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders 295A. Garrett Hazelton, Richard Bloch, and Sy Saeed
26 Exercise‐Induced Protection Against Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Role of Redox‐ and Mitochondrial‐Based Alterations 309Ines Marques‐Aleixo, Estela Santos‐Alves, Paula I. Moreira, Paulo J. Oliveira, Jose Magalhaes, and Antonio Ascensao
27 Exercise, Neuroplasticity, and Growth Factors in Adolescence 323Helios Pareja‐Galeano, Sara Mayero, and Fabian Sanchis‐Gomar
28 Summary, Perspective, and Direction for Future Studies 339Tahira Farooqui and Akhlaq A. Farooqui
Index 349