[Tea polyphenols improves depression-like behavior in aged type 2diabetes rats by regulating microglia polarization]

Haoran Xie1, Wenjuan Feng1, Xi Wang1

  • 1Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention, Taiyuan 030001, China.

Summary

Tea polyphenols (TP) significantly improved depression-like behaviors in aged type 2 diabetes (T2DM) rats. This suggests TP may be a therapeutic agent by regulating neuroinflammation and boosting brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels.

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