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Abstract
Insulin is now well-established as playing multiple roles within the brain, and specifically as regulating hippocampal cognitive processes and metabolism. Impairments to insulin signaling, such as those seen in type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, are associated with brain hypometabolism and cognitive impairment but the mechanisms of insulin’s central effects are not determined. Several lines of research converge to suggest that the insulin - responsive glucose transporter GluT4 plays a central role in hippocampal memory processes, and that reduced activation of this transporter may underpin the cognitive impairments seen as a consequence of insulin resistance
GluT4: a central player in hippocampal memory and brain insulin resistance - PMC
Insulin is now well-established as playing multiple roles within the brain, and specifically as regulating hippocampal cognitive processes and metabolism. Impairments to insulin signaling, such as those seen in type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract
Insulin is now well-established as playing multiple roles within the brain, and specifically as regulating hippocampal cognitive processes and metabolism. Impairments to insulin signaling, such as those seen in type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, are associated with brain hypometabolism and cognitive impairment but the mechanisms of insulin’s central effects are not determined. Several lines of research converge to suggest that the insulin - responsive glucose transporter GluT4 plays a central role in hippocampal memory processes, and that reduced activation of this transporter may underpin the cognitive impairments seen as a consequence of insulin resistance