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Diabetes Notes

September 27th, 2007

Alzheimer’s Disease Coined “Type 3 Diabetes”?

Now scientists at Northwestern University have discovered why brain insulin signaling — crucial for memory formation — would stop working in Alzheimer’s disease. They have shown that a toxic protein found in the brains of individuals with Alzheimer’s removes insulin receptors from nerve cells, rendering those neurons insulin resistant. (The protein, known to attack memory-forming […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 7 comments