Insulin in the Brain: Its Pathophysiological Implications for States Related with Central Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimerâ€™s Disease

BlÃ¡zquez, Enrique; VelÃ¡zquez, Esther; Hurtado-Carneiro, Verónica; Miguel Ruiz‐Albusac, Juan

doi:10.3389/fendo.2014.00161

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Insulin in the Brain: Its Pathophysiological Implications for States Related with Central Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimerâ€™s Disease

Published in Frontiers in Endocrinology • Oct 9, 2014

Authors:

Enrique BlÃ¡zquez

Esther VelÃ¡zquez

Verónica Hurtado-Carneiro

Abstract

Although the brain has been considered an insulin-insensitive organ, recent reports on the location of insulin and its receptors in the brain have introduced new ways of considering this hormone responsible for several functions. The origin of insulin in the brain has been explained from peripheral ...

Subject

Insulin

Insulin resistance

Endocrinology

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