N.v. Nutricia

Ladislaus Maria Broersen

Robert Johan Joseph Hageman

Nick Van Wijk

Patrick Joseph Gerardus Hendrikus Kamphuis

Sofia Lopes Da Silva

Amos Attali

Jan Maarten Verkuijl

The invention provides for an enteral nutritional composition comprising (a) a lipid fraction, (b) a digestible carbohydrate fraction and (c) a protein fraction, wherein the lipid fraction comprises therapeutically effective amounts of (i) DHA and optionally EPA, and (ii) medium-chain triglycerides, preferably at least 2 wt % C8 and C10 medium-chain triglycerides based on weight of the fatty acids; and wherein the composition has a ketogenic weight ratio between 1.4:1 and 3:1, for use in the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Treatment of traumatic brain injury

The invention pertains to a composition for use in (a) treatment of impaired motor skills in a mammal suffering from Parkinson's Disease; (b) improving the efficacy of levodopa (L-DOPA) in treatment of impaired motor skills in a mammal suffering from Parkinson's Disease; and/or (c) reducing L-DOPA associated side effects, preferably involuntary movements selected from the group consisting of choreiform, dystonic and dyskinetic movements, in the treatment of impaired motor skills in a mammal suffering from Parkinson's Disease, comprising co-administering to the subject L-DOPA and a composition comprising therapeutically effective amounts of: (i) at least one of uridine, cytidine, or salts, phosphates, acyl derivatives or esters thereof; (ii) at least one of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6; DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5; EPA) and docosapentaenoic acid (22:5; DPA); (iii) choline, or salts or esters thereof; and (iv) at least one vitamin B selected from vitamins B6, B9 and B12.

Composition for improving efficacy of L-DOPA treatment

The invention pertains to the use of therapeutically effective amounts of (i) vitamin A and/or functional equivalents, (ii) vitamin D and/or functional equivalents, and (iii) at least one omega-3 PUFA, preferably DHA and/or EPA, more preferably DHA and EPA, for the manufacture of a composition or medicament for treating, reducing and/or preventing neuroinflammation and/or symptoms associated with neuroinflammation in a subject in need thereof, as well as for reducing microglia activation, and/or for treating, reducing and/or preventing symptoms associated with excessive activation of microglia; and/or for reducing the secretion of inflammatory cytokines, preferably IL-6, and/or for treating, reducing and/or preventing symptoms associated with excessive secretion of inflammatory cytokines, in a subject in need thereof.

Method for controlling neuroinflammation

A composition comprising (a) one or more &#x3c9;-3 fatty acids selected from DHA, DPA and EPA, (b) uridine or its equivalent, and (c) a methyl donor, useful in the treatment of a person having characteristics of a prodromal dementia patient. The characteristics include e.g. a level of more than 350 ng Total-tau per liter cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and a weight ratio of abeta-42/Phospho-tau-181 of less than 6.5 in CSF.

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Utrecht, Netherlands

Ladislaus Maria Broersen