| Literature DB >> 33546219 |
Sofia Dionysopoulou1, Evangelia Charmandari2,3, Alexandra Bargiota4, Nikolaos Vlahos5, George Mastorakos6, Georgios Valsamakis4,6.
Abstract
Obesity is often associated with cognitive and mood disorders. Recent evidence suggests that obesity may cause hypothalamic inflammation. Our aim was to investigate the hypothesis that there is a causal link between obesity-induced hypothalamic inflammation and cognitive and mood disorders. Inflammation may influence hypothalamic inter-connections with regions important for cognition and mood, while it may cause dysregulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis and influence monoaminergic systems. Exercise, healthy diet, and glucagon-like peptide receptor agonists, which can reduce hypothalamic inflammation in obese models, could improve the deleterious effects on cognition and mood.Entities:
Keywords: cognitive disorders; dementia; depression; diet; hypothalamic inflammation; mood disorders; obesity
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33546219 PMCID: PMC7913301 DOI: 10.3390/nu13020498
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nutrients ISSN: 2072-6643 Impact factor: 5.717