Hunger in the Absence of Caloric Restriction Improves Cognition and Attenuates Alzheimer's Disease Pathology in a Mouse Model

Emily J. Dhurandhar; David B. Allison; Thomas van Groen; Inga Kadish

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060437

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Hunger in the Absence of Caloric Restriction Improves Cognition and Attenuates Alzheimer's Disease Pathology in a Mouse Model

Emily J. Dhurandhar,

Affiliation School of Public Health, Office of Energetics, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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David B. Allison,

Affiliation School of Public Health, Office of Energetics, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Thomas van Groen,

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Inga Kadish

* E-mail: ikadisha@uab.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Hunger in the Absence of Caloric Restriction Improves Cognition and Attenuates Alzheimer's Disease Pathology in a Mouse Model

Emily J. Dhurandhar,
David B. Allison,
Thomas van Groen,
Inga Kadish

Published: April 2, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060437

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