Plasma BDNF is reduced among middle-aged and elderly women with impaired insulin function: Evidence of a compensatory mechanism

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-152

  Arentoft, Alyssa ^a   Sweat, Victoria ^a   Starr, Vanessa ^a   Oliver, Stephen ^a   Hassenstab, Jason ^a   Bruehl, Hannah ^a   Tirsi, Aziz ^a   Javier, Elizabeth ^a   McHugh, Pauline F ^a   Convit, Antonio ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cognition; Insulin resistance; Memory; Type 2 diabetes gender

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EXPLICIT MEMORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 68949173948     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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