About this Research Topic
Recently, there has been increasing interest in exploring the role of the Mediterranean diet and its components in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Several of these components have been traditionally considered as preventing factors of cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, arteriosclerotic process, stroke, and cognitive disorders such as vascular dementia. However, while many studies have found a protective role on cardio- and cerebrovascular risk factors, data about their role on systemic or brain subclinical vascular damage are missing. Moreover, their relationship with clinical symptoms or their impact on neuropsychological or neurophysiological profile in the context of cerebrovascular disorders is unclear. The need for an early diagnosis has focused on identifying biological and instrumental markers of disease process and progression. However, there is still no consensus regarding a dose-response effect on subclinical vascular markers, cognition, mood, or other neurological manifestations. Therefore, identifying new and possibly modifiable protective or risk factors may be of crucial importance for patients, clinicians, and researchers. Translationally, these findings may be implicated in the delay or even prevention of age-related cognitive and mood disorders in adulthood and elderly.
This Research Topic aims to collect both original research and review articles addressing recent evidence on the effects of some dietary components on brain health (e.g., neurodevelopment, mental functioning, normal brain aging, etc.) and neurological or neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g., cerebrovascular diseases, neurodegenerative cognitive and movement disorders, sleep disorders, neuroceliac disease, late-life depression, etc.). This approach will include findings from laboratory and instrumental exams, including neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and neurosonology.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
• Epidemiological data on human dietary compounds in normal and pathological brain aging
• Effects of diet on systemic vascular biomarkers
• In vitro and in vivo preclinical researches
• Nutrition and neurodevelopment
• Gut-brain axis
• Gut microbioma and dysbiosis and neuropsychiatric disorders
• Diet and stroke
• Neuroceliac disease
• Clinical intervention and randomized studies in neurological and psychiatric disorders
• Brain imaging and diet
• Diet potential in neurorehabilitation
• Neurophysiology and neurosonology investigations of dietary intake
This Research Topic aims to collect both original research and review articles addressing recent evidence on the effects of some dietary components on brain health (e.g., neurodevelopment, mental functioning, normal brain aging, etc.) and neurological or neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g., cerebrovascular diseases, neurodegenerative cognitive and movement disorders, sleep disorders, neuroceliac disease, late-life depression, etc.). This approach will include findings from laboratory and instrumental exams, including neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and neurosonology.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
• Epidemiological data on human dietary compounds in normal and pathological brain aging
• Effects of diet on systemic vascular biomarkers
• In vitro and in vivo preclinical researches
• Nutrition and neurodevelopment
• Gut-brain axis
• Gut microbioma and dysbiosis and neuropsychiatric disorders
• Diet and stroke
• Neuroceliac disease
• Clinical intervention and randomized studies in neurological and psychiatric disorders
• Brain imaging and diet
• Diet potential in neurorehabilitation
• Neurophysiology and neurosonology investigations of dietary intake
Keywords: dietary components, nutrients, oxidative stress, antioxidants, neurological disorders, neuropsychiatric diseases, translational neurosciences, neuroimaging, clinical neurophysiology, neurosonology, neural plasticity, metaplasticity, neurochemistry
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