Eating Too Much Salt Leads to Dementia in Mice

Eating too much salt can trigger an adaptive immune response in the gut that leads to reduced resting blood flow in the brain and the development of dementia, at least in mice, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. Constantino ladecola, Ph.D., and colleagues suggest that their studies are the first to demonstrate how a high-salt diet (HSD) can impact resting cerebral perfusion, neurovascular regulation, and cognitive function by mechanisms that are independent of any effects on blo