Among these changes, modifications in long-term synaptic potentiation (LTP) of neuroplasticity are fundamental in instilling reward and reinforcing the drug effects [ 28].
Assessing adherence in the daily clinical setting is challenging more than in clinical studies given less allocated resources, variable objective standards, frequent dosing modifications and medication provision in long term residence or nursing facilities [ 10].
LTM is dependent on a new wave of protein synthesis, required for the functional and structural synaptic modifications involved in long-term storage of information [ 6, 30].
DHA is suggested to facilitate N-methyl-D aspartate (NMDA) responses [ 83] and block K+ channels [ 84], which results in long-term potentiation, crucial for synaptic modification for long term memory and learning [ 83].
For example, younger individuals with neurological conditions are frequently placed in long-term care institutions because they cannot afford home modifications.
72 These data indicate that the real problem to face with dietary recommendation is not to identify the optimum macronutrient composition but the adherence to dietary modification in the long term.
Research in epigenetics originally focused on DNA modifications, in particular methylation, which was first suggested in 1969 to play a defining role in long-term memory.
American studies identified that 33 to 40% of residents in long-term care received an inappropriate drug prescription as defined by modification of Beers 1997 criteria [ 4, 6].
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Furthermore, chronic alteration in the HPA axis activity is unlikely as adrenal weights were also identical in the two genotypes (Table 2), suggesting that there was no major modification in the long-term corticosterone secretion as a result of increased level of forebrain 5-HT2C receptors.
The length of follow-up was not sufficiently long, although this is typical of trials of lifestyle modifications in which maintaining long-term adherence is challenging.
