Jessica Beilharz

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My PhD investigates how diets high in fat and sugar affect memory, what mechanisms are involved and novel interventions to prevent and reverse these memory deficits.

Experience

  • –present
    PhD candidate, UNSW Australia

Education

  • 2012 
    UNSW Australia, B. Psychology (Hons)

Publications

  • 2016
    The effect of short-term exposure to energy-matched diets enriched in fat or sugar on memory, gut microbiota and markers of brain inflammation and plasticity., Brain, Behavior and Immunity
  • 2016
    Short-term exposure to a diet high in fat and sugar, or liquid sugar, selectively impairs hippocampal-dependent memory, with differential impacts on inflammation., Behavioural brain research
  • 2015
    Why is obesity such a problem in the 21st century? The intersection of palatable food, cues and reward pathways, stress, and cognition., Neurosci Biobehav Rev.
  • 2015
    Diet-Induced Cognitive Deficits: The Role of Fat and Sugar, Potential Mechanisms and Nutritional Interventions., Nutrients
  • 2014
    Maltodextrin can produce similar metabolic and cognitive effects to those of sucrose in the rat., Appetite
  • 2014
    Short exposure to a diet rich in both fat and sugar or sugar alone impairs place, but not object recognition memory in rats., Brain, Behavior and Immunity

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