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TYPE 2 DIABETES AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

2014

Epidemiological and biological evidences support a link between type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and Al-zheimer’s disease (AD). Persons with diabetes have a higher incidence of cognitive decline and an increased risk of developing all types of dementia. Cognitive deficits in persons with diabetes mainly affect the ar-eas of psychomotor efficiency, attention, learning and memory, mental flexibility and speed, and executive function. The strong epidemiological association has suggested the existence of a physiopathological link. The determinants of the accelerated cognitive decline in DM2, however, are less clear. Increased cortical and subcortical atrophy have been evidenced after con-trolling…