Insulin can protect diabetic brains
From Atlanta, at a meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
Staying on top of diabetes treatments may prevent some of the brain atrophy and cognitive deficits that typically accompany this disease, say researchers studying mice.
Previous research in people had shown that diabetes, whether diagnosed in youth or adulthood, can lead to learning and memory problems. Recently, some scientists demonstrated that the brains of diabetic patients gradually shrink and develop abnormalities in white matter, factors that may be responsible for cognitive deficits.