Metabolic Syndrome An Important Risk Factor for Stroke, Alzheimer Disease, and Depression /

• Main Author: Farooqui, Akhlaq A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurochemistry.; Neurology.; Biomedicine.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7318-3

The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of common pathologies: abdominal obesity linked to an excess of visceral fat, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and hypertension. At the molecular level, metabolic syndrome is accompanied not only by dysregulation in the expression of adipokines, cytokines, and che...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1:The effect of unhealthy lifestyle on brain metabolism and function
• Chapter 2: The�effect of metabolic syndrome on the brain
• Chapter 3: The Association of essential fatty acid metabolism in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome and neurological disorders
• Chapter 4: Contribution of lipid mediators to the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome and neurological disorders
• Chapter 5: Molecular aspects of obesity and insulin resistance in metabolic syndrome and neurological disorders
• Chapter 6: Dietary interventions of metabolic syndrome and neurological disorders
• Chapter 7: Signal transduction processes and metabolic link among metabolic syndrome and stroke
• Chapter 8: Signal transduction processes and metabolic link among metabolic syndrome and Alzheimers disease
• Chapter 9: Signal transduction processes and metabolic link among metabolic syndrome and depression
• Chapter 10: Future research�perspectives .