Section 1. Introductory Chapters 1. The pancreas: an overview 2. Acute pancreatitis and effects on neurological tissues 3. Chronic pancreatitis and psychological impact 4. Type 1 diabetes and effects on behavior: sleep and beyond 5. Insulin resistance and impact on neurology: electrophysiology and beyond Section 2. Psychology and Behavior as a Consequence of Changes in the Pancreas or Pancreatic Endocrine Status or the Effects of Hormones 6.
Diabetes, anxiety and depression: A new narrative 7. Diabetes and behaviour: cognition, decision-making and beyond 8. Amylin-and social behaviour 9. Ghrelin, the brain and baehaviour: a focus on decision making 10. Insulin, insulin resistance and psychological distress 11. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and effect on patient behavior Section 3. Focused Areas of Neurological Pathology and Physiology 12. Linking amylin, the amyloid cascade and implications for the pathology of dementia 13.
Insulin and neurodevelopment 14. The insulin-Akt Pathway in brain diseases 15. Insulin signaling and myelination 16. Features of diabetic neuropathy: causes, measures and investigations 17. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in diabetes: a new narrative 18. Diabetes and the pathology of brain aging Section 4. Treatment Regimens Modulating Pancreatic Hormones Status and Impact on Neurological Tissues and Behaviour 19. Insulin treatments and effects on neurotransmitters 20.
Insulin treatments and effects on quality-of-life domains 21. Metformin treatment and effects psychiatric behaviors: measures of depression Section 5. Non-Pancreatic Treatment Regimens and Effects on Neuroscientific Domains 22. Drugs that injure the pancreas: valproic acid and effects on behavior Section 6. Diseases of the Pancreas or Pancreas Hormones Status and Impact on Brain and Behaviour 23. Chronic pancreatitis: features and brain changes. A focus on white and grey matter 24. Acute pancreatitis and dementia associated risk factors 25.
Pancreatic cancer and the brain: A narrative of metastasis and beyond Section 7. Diet and Nutrition and Impact on the Pancreas and Neuroscientific Domains or Behaviour 26. Diet, behaviour and diabetes 27. Feeding and fasting and impact on pancreatic hormones 28. D-Pinitol as a nutraceutical: modulation of pancreatic hormones 29. Cognition and insulin sensitivity: modulation with Acai 30. Diet, diabetes and gene expression in the brain.