Hyperleucinemia causes hippocampal retromer deficiency linking diabetes to Alzheimer's disease

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a major risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). A variety of metabolic changes related to T2D (e.g. hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycemia, and elevated branched-chain amino acids) have been proposed as mechanistic links, but the basis for this association remains...

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Main Authors: Michael V. Morabito, Diego E. Berman, Remy T. Schneider, Yiying Zhang, Rudolph L. Leibel, Scott A. Small
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996114000047