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Glucose intolerance, cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
1Department of Neurology, University and University Hospital of Kuopio, Finland. matti.vanhanen@uku.fi
Current Opinion in Neurology
|December 31, 1998
Abstract:
The literature on cognitive function and Alzheimer's disease in non-insulin-dependent diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance and hyperinsulinaemia are briefly summarized. Neuropsychological, epidemilogical and endocrine contributions are reviewed, with an emphasis on the insulin hypothesis as a potential pathophysiological mechanism for Alzheimer's disease.