Diet — Brain Connections

Mark P. Mattson is Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute of Aging Gerontology Research Center and a Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

1 Prenatal Choline Supplementation Modifies Brain Development: Improved Cognition and Neuroprotection.- 2 Diet and Mood.- 3 Dietary Fatty Acids and Cognitive Function.- 4 Dietary Antioxidants and Synaptic Plasticity: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms.- 5 Increasing Brain Healthspan by Dietary Restriction.- 6 Caloric Restriction Versus a Diet High in Antioxidants: Are They Equipotent in Altering or Reversing the Course of Aging?.- 7 Dietary Folate, B Vitamins and The Brain: The Homocysteine Connection.- 8 Molecular Actions of Gingko Biloba Extract In Vivo and In Vitro: Global Gene Expression Profiles Reveal Multiple Molecular Targets.- 9 Creatine and Gingko Biloba Use in Sports and Health: A Knowledge Utilization Approach.- 10 Acetyl-L-Carnite in Mood, Aging and Disease.- 11 Effects of Phytoestrogens on Brain Chemistry, Structure and Cognition.- 12 Dietary Neurotoxins.- 13 Dietary Anti-oxidants and the Risk for Brain Disease: The Hypothesis and Epidemiologic Evidence.- 14 Copper, Zinc and Alzheimer’s Disease.- 15 Ethanol Effects on Aging Brain.