Publications by authors named "Katy E Venable"
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- Depression and anxiety are significant public health challenges, especially in rural areas where access to effective treatments is limited.
- Blueberries, rich in polyphenols and anthocyanins, show promise as a nutraceutical for improving mood and cognitive function, with studies indicating they can alleviate symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
- While the exact biochemical mechanisms behind these benefits are not fully understood, they may involve changes in the gut-brain axis, highlighting the potential of blueberries as an alternative therapy for mental health conditions.
Identifying neurobiological mechanisms of aging-related parkinsonism, and lifestyle interventions that mitigate them, remain critical knowledge gaps. No aging study, from rodent to human, has reported loss of any dopamine (DA) signaling marker near the magnitude associated with onset of parkinsonian signs in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, in substantia nigra (SN), similar loss of DA signaling markers in PD or aging coincide with parkinsonian signs.
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