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

Hoau-Yan Wang; Rexford S. Ahima; Suzanne Craft; Sam Gandy; Christoph Buettner; Luke E. Stoeckel; David M. Holtzman; David M. Nathan; Steven E. Arnold; Zoe Arvanitakis; Shannon L. Macauley; Aaron Koenig

doi:10.1038/nrneurol.2017.185

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MedicineInsulin resistanceAlzheimer's diseaseType 2 diabetesNeuroscienceDiseaseDiabetes mellitusCognitive scienceInsulinInternal medicineEndocrinologyPsychology

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Year: 2018
Type: review
Volume: 14
Issue: 3
Pages: 168-181
Citations: 1382
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                                    Hoau-Yan Wang, 
                                
                                    Rexford S. Ahima, 
                                
                                    Suzanne Craft
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Brain insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer disease: concepts and conundrums. 
                            Nature Reviews Neurology
                            , 14
                            (3)
                            , 168-181.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2017.185
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2017.185