Insulin resistance in Alzheimer disease: Is heme oxygenase-1 an Achille's heel?
Insulin resistance, clinically defined as the inability of insulin to increase glucose uptake and utilization, has been found to be associated with the progression of Alzheimer disease (AD). Indeed, postmortem AD brain shows all the signs of insulin resistance including: (i) reduced brain insulin re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996115000406 |