Acute hypoglycemia in humans causes attentional dysfunction while nonverbal intelligence is preserved

Diabetes Care

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1745-1750

  McAulay, Vincent ^a   Deary, Ian J ^b   Ferguson, Stewart C ^a   Frier, Brian M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HEARING; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HEARING; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

EID: 0035486741     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.24.10.1745     Document Type: Article

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