Unraveling the impact of high-caloric diets on juvenile rat hippocampal GABAergic system, neurogenesis, and astrocyte morphology
Bárbara Mota, Ana Rita Brás, Leonardo Andrade, Ana Silva, Pedro A. Pereira, M. Dulce Madeira, Armando Cardoso · FENS Forum 2024
According to the World Health Organization, there were over 340 million obese or overweight children and adolescents worldwide in 2016. Western diet consumption, based on refined sugars and high-fat foods, leads to obesity and negative effects on the brain, resulting in cognitive impairments even before changes in body weight. This is especially concerning for young people, since brain development, neurogenic processes, and neuronal maturation occur during this life period. Knowing this, our study aimed to analyze the effects of high-caloric diets on the hippocampus, particularly on the gamma-
ePoster · Neuroscience