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Newest in this topic

  1. Potential Role of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists in the Treatment of Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Diabetes Mellitus 2023-07-11
  2. Type 2 diabetes mellitus and cognitive function: understanding the connections 2022-11-17
  3. A Tale of Two Diseases: Exploring Mechanisms Linking Diabetes Mellitus with Alzheimer's Disease 2022-01-01

Studies

6 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2004 to 2023

Top journals

  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2
  • Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity 1
  • Drugs 1
  • Glia 1
  • International journal of molecular sciences 1

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  1. Potential Role of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists in the Treatment of Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Diabetes Mellitus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2023-07-11 Drug development

    Dementia is a permanent illness characterized by mental instability, memory loss, and cognitive decline.

  2. Type 2 diabetes mellitus and cognitive function: understanding the connections

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity 2022-11-17 Drug development

    Recent findings Diabetes is a risk factor for mild cognitive decline, in addition to Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.

  3. A Tale of Two Diseases: Exploring Mechanisms Linking Diabetes Mellitus with Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022-01-01 Drug development

    Dementias, including the type associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), are on the rise worldwide.

  4. Therapeutic potential of copper chelation with triethylenetetramine in managing diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Drugs 2011-07-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Our recent phase II proof-of-principle studies in patients with type 2 diabetes and in nonclinical models of diabetes have helped to define the pathogenetic defects in copper regulation, and have shown that they are reversible by TETA.

  5. Limited Alzheimer-type neurodegeneration in experimental obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2008-09-01 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with brain insulin resistance and insulin deficiency, whereas Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with peripheral insulin resistance.

  6. Effects of diabetes mellitus on astrocyte GFAP and glutamate transporters in the CNS

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Glia 2004-11-01 Biomarkers

    Diabetes mellitus increases the risk of central nervous system (CNS) disorders such as stroke, seizures, dementia, and cognitive impairment.

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