[News] Your liver may be 'Eating' your brain

The protein called PPARalpha is shared in both the liver and the hippocampus.

The liver uses this protein to burn the abdominal fat, while the hippocampus uses this to process memory. If the there is depleted PPARalpha in the liver, this protein is brought to burn belly fat from the brain. Finally, the deficit of PPARalpha in the brain, especially hippocampus, causes the memory loss or learning problem.

Read more: http://www.livescience.com/40440-your-liver-may-be-eating-your-brain.html