The brain insulin signal transduction system and sporadic (type II) Alzheimer disease: an update

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Summary

It is assumed that susceptibility genes along with lifestyle risk factors contribute to the causation of the age-related sporadic Alzheimer disease (type II), and the desensitization of the neuronal insulin receptor similar to not-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus may be of pivotal significance.

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review
Published
2002-03-01
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Keywords

Context (archaeology), Insulin, Insulin receptor, Disease, Alzheimer's disease

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