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Insulin Signaling Impairment in the Brain as a Risk Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease

Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The underlying mechanism that links up the two conditions seems to be the de-sensitization of insulin signaling. In patients with AD, insulin signaling was found to be de-sensitized in the brain, even if they did not have diab...

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Autor principal: Hölscher, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6491455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31068799
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00088