Higher glucose levels associated with lower memory and reduced hippocampal microstructure

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1746-1752

  Kerti, Lucia ^a   Witte, A Veronica ^a   Winkler, Angela ^a   Grittner, Ulrike ^a   Rujescu, Dan ^b   Flöel, Agnes ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FASTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887902234     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000435561.00234.ee     Document Type: Article

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