High-fat diet exacerbates MPTP-induced dopaminergic degeneration in mice

The identification of modifiable nutritional risk factors is highly relevant to the development of preventive strategies for neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease (PD). In this study, adult C57BL/6 mice were fed either a control (CD — 12%kcal) or a high-fat diet (HFD — 60%kc...

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Main Authors: M. Bousquet, I. St-Amour, M. Vandal, P. Julien, F. Cicchetti, F. Calon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-01-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996111003196