Mini-review: Impact of recurrent hypoglycemia on cognitive and brain function

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 234-238

  McNay, Ewan C ^a   Cotero, Victoria E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glucose; HAAF; Hippocampus; Hypoglycemia; Insulin; Memory; Monocarboxylates

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT HYPOGLYCEMIA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECTS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN;

EID: 77952291182     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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