426 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Scientific and commercial interest in the field of nutritional neuroscience has grown immensely over the last decade. Today, a broad range of dietary supplements, foods for weight loss, functional foods, nutraceuticals, and medical foods are widely available. Many of these products are marketed for their effects on behavior or brain function, which relates directly to nutritional neuroscience and raises issues regarding their safety and efficacy.

    The only comprehensive reference on this subject, Nutritional Neuroscience discusses the relationship of nutrition to behavior and neuroscience. Following a review of fundamental issues and methods, the book covers the effects of macronutrients and micronutrients on brain function and behavior. Chapters are devoted to the effects of a wide range of foods, specific nutrients, food constituents, and food additives on cognitive behavior and development. The final section examines foods and supplements that modulate brain function.

    With a broad range of information presented in a simple and straightforward manner, this book provides an ideal introduction to nutritional neuroscience. The depth of information and comprehensive coverage also make this an essential reference for specialists involved in nutrition, neuroscience, pharmacology, psychology, and related disciplines.

    FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES AND METHODS IN
    NUTRITIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
    Human Nutritional Neuroscience: Fundamental Issues
    Harris R. Lieberman

    Consideration of Experimental Design for Studies in Nutritional
    Neuroscience
    Ruth B.S. Harris

    Assessment of Animal Behavior
    Rachel L. Galli

    Electrophysiological Methods: Application in Nutritional
    Neuroscience
    Rubem Carlos Araújo Guedes

    MACRONUTRIENTS, BRAIN FUNCTION, AND
    BEHAVIOR
    Diet, Cerebral Energy Metabolism, and Psychological
    Functioning
    David Benton

    The Acute Effects of Meals on Cognitive Performance
    Caroline R. Mahoney, Holly A. Taylor, and Robin B. Kanarek

    Regulation of Macronutrient Preference - Component of Food
    Selection
    Jason C.G. Halford and John E. Blundell

    Central Regulation of Feeding: Interplay between
    Neuroregulators
    Allen S. Levine, Pawel K. Olszewski, Charles J. Billington, and Catherine M. Kotz

    Amino Acids, Brain Metabolism, Mood, and Behavior
    Simon N. Young

    Modulation of Feeding Behavior by Amino Acid-Deficient Diets:
    Present Findings and Future Directions
    Thomas J. Koehnle and Dorothy W. Gietzen

    Role of Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Brain and
    Cognitive Function: Perspective of a Developmental Psychobiologist
    Patricia E. Wainwright and Danica Martin

    Dietary Modulation of the Behavioral Consequences of
    Psychoactive Drugs
    Robin B. Kanarek, Kristen E. D'Anci, Wendy Foulds Mathes, Rinah Yamamoto, R. Todd Coy, and Monica Leibovici

    MICRONUTRIENTS, BRAIN FUNCTION, AND
    BEHAVIOR
    Vitamins and Brain Function
    Jürg Haller

    Iron and Brain Function
    Domingo J. Piñero and James R. Connor

    Iodine and Brain Function
    John H. Lazarus

    Dietary Zinc in Brain Development, Behavior, and
    Neuropathology
    Tammy M. Bray and Mark A. Levy

    Copper and Brain Function
    W. Thomas Johnson

    Roles of Selenium in Function of the Brain
    Chiho Watanabe


    FOODS AND SUPPLEMENTS THAT MODULATE
    BRAIN FUNCTION
    Food-Derived Neuroactive Cyclic Dipeptides
    Chandan Prasad

    Caffeine
    Andrew Smith

    Tyrosine
    Jan Berend Deijen

    Popular Herbal Medicines Having Effects on the Central
    Nervous System
    Edzard Ernst

    Phytochemicals in Foods and Beverages: Effects on the Central
    Nervous System
    Barbara Shukitt-Hale, Amanda Carey, and James A. Joseph

    Biography

    Harris R. Lieberman, Robin B. Kanarek, Chandan Prasad