Physiological Mechanisms Inherent to Diabetes Involved in the Development of Dementia: Alzheimer's Disease

• Main Authors: Himan Mohamed-Mohamed (Author), Victoria García-Morales (Author), Encarnación María Sánchez Lara (Author), Anabel González-Acedo (Author), Teresa Pardo-Moreno (Author), María Isabel Tovar-Gálvez (Author), Lucía Melguizo-Rodríguez (Author), Juan José Ramos-Rodríguez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is a metabolic disease reaching pandemic levels worldwide. In parallel, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) are the two leading causes of dementia in an increasingly long-living Western society. Numerous epidemiological studies support the role of...