Publications by authors named "L Penicaud"

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  • The study aimed to investigate how people with obesity (OB) process taste information compared to normal-weight individuals (NW) by examining gustatory evoked potentials (GEP) in response to a sucrose solution before and after eating a standard lunch.
  • Participants included 28 individuals with obesity and 22 normal-weight individuals, who underwent tests in two sessions: one after fasting and one after consuming a low-sugar lunch.
  • Results showed that OB subjects had longer GEP latencies, indicating slower activation of the taste cortex, and their GEP responses did not change after eating, unlike NW participants, with correlations found between GEP latencies and certain hormone levels.
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Alzheimer's disease is strongly linked to metabolic abnormalities. We aimed to distinguish amyloid-positive people who progressed to cognitive decline from those who remained cognitively intact. We performed untargeted metabolomics of blood samples from amyloid-positive individuals, before any sign of cognitive decline, to distinguish individuals who progressed to cognitive decline from those who remained cognitively intact.

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White, beige, and brown adipose tissues play a crucial role in maintaining energy homeostasis. Due to the heterogeneous and diffuse nature of fat pads, this balance requires a fine and coordinated control of many actors and therefore permanent dialogues between these tissues and the central nervous system. For about two decades, many studies have been devoted to describe the neuro-anatomical and functional complexity involved to ensure this dialogue.

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Attaining personalized healthy aging requires accurate monitoring of physiological changes and identifying subclinical markers that predict accelerated or delayed aging. Classic biostatistical methods most rely on supervised variables to estimate physiological aging and do not capture the full complexity of inter-parameter interactions. Machine learning (ML) is promising, but its black box nature eludes direct understanding, substantially limiting physician confidence and clinical usage.

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Part of hypothalamic (mediobasal hypothalamus [MBH]) neurons detect changes in blood glucose levels that in turn coordinate the vagal control of insulin secretion. This control cascade requires the production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mROS), which is altered in models of obesity and insulin resistance. Obese, insulin-resistant Zücker rats are characterized by hypothalamic hypersensitivity to glucose.

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