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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013 Jan 9;1832(9):1456–1462. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.01.002

Table 2.

Diet induced obesity and alterations in mouse brain homeostasis

Diet Duration Mouse Strain End Point & Results Ref.
60%-HFD, 10%-CD 16 weeks C57BL/6 increased reactive oxygen species (ROS); decreased cognition [43]
60%-HFD, 5%-CD 16 weeks C57BL/6 increased IR, ROS; no AD histopathology, no increase in Aβ or phospho-tau, no impairments in IGF signaling or acetylcholine homeostasis [33]
10% sucrose in water 25 weeks B6C3-Tg(APPswe, PSEN1dE9)85Dbo/J Metabolic dysfunction, memory impairment, increased apoE and aggregation of Aβ in the brain [34]
40%-WD, 10%-CD 4 weeks APPswe/PS1M146V; PS1M146V; C57BL/6 increased cerebral ROS, alterations in brain Aβ [36]
60%-HFD 16 weeks C57BL/6 impairment of fear-conditioning test [53]
60%-HFD, 10%-CD 20 weeks APPSwe/Ind metabolic dysfunction; decreased cognition [54]
21.2%-HFD, 5.5%-CD 22 weeks C57BL/6 increased pro-inflammatory factors and APP expression in brains and fat tissues [55]
55% -HFD 8 weeks WT, PSEN1, APP/PSEN1 AD increases body weight gain, glucose intolerance and insulin resistance induced by HFD in mice [56]
60%-HFD 20 weeks C57BL/6J, MC4R−/−, Tie2-GFP enhanced GFAP-immunoreactivity in the medial preoptic, paraventricular and dorsomedial nuclei of the hypothalamus. [57]
60%-HFD 22 weeks C57BL/6 impaired hippocampus-dependent spatial memory, alteration in the expression of corresponding genes [58]
58%-HFD, 10.5%-CD 12 weeks C57BL/6 promotion of negative emotional states and depressive-like symptomology [59]
45%-HFD, 10%-CD 14 weeks C57BL/6 HFD selectively protects against the effects of chronic social stress in the mouse [60]