The role of type 2 diabetes in neurodegeneration

A growing body of evidence links type-2 diabetes (T2D) with dementia and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD is the most common form of dementia and is characterised neuropathologically by the accumulation of extracellular beta amyloid (Aβ) peptide aggregates and int...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Verdile, Stephanie J. Fuller, Ralph N. Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996115001552