Brain insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer disease: Concepts and conundrums

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 168-181

  Arnold, Steven E ^a   Arvanitakis, Zoe ^b,i   Macauley Rambach, Shannon L ^c   Koenig, Aaron M ^a   Wang, Hoau Yan ^d   Ahima, Rexford S ^e   Craft, Suzanne ^f   Gandy, Sam ^g   Buettner, Christoph ^g   Stoeckel, Luke E ^a,h   Holtzman, David M ^c   Nathan, David M ^a,h  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; GLIA; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SIGNALING; METABOLISM; MOOD; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; BRAIN; DEMENTIA;

BRAIN; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 85042632287     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2017.185     Document Type: Review

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