Hippocampal insulin resistance and cognitive dysfunction

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 660-671

  Biessels, Geert Jan ^a   Reagan, Lawrence P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PLACEBO;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MENTAL TASK; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84944714835     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn4019     Document Type: Review

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