The Role of Hypothalamic Inflammation in Diet-Induced Obesity and Its Association with Cognitive and Mood Disorders.

Sofia Dionysopoulou, Evangelia Charmandari, Alexandra Bargiota, Nikolaos Vlahos, George Mastorakos, Georgios Valsamakis

Nutrients 2021 Feb 03

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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.

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Sofia Dionysopoulou, Evangelia Charmandari, Alexandra Bargiota, Nikolaos Vlahos, George Mastorakos, Georgios Valsamakis. The Role of Hypothalamic Inflammation in Diet-Induced Obesity and Its Association with Cognitive and Mood Disorders. Nutrients. 2021 Feb 03;13(2)