The relationship between obesity and cognitive health and decline

L Dye, NB Boyle, C Champ, C Lawton - Proceedings of the nutrition …, 2017 - cambridge.org
The relationship between obesity and cognitive impairment is important given the globally
ageing population in whom cognitive decline and neurodegenerative disorders will carry …

Inflammation and oxidative stress: the molecular connectivity between insulin resistance, obesity, and Alzheimer's disease

G Verdile, KN Keane, VF Cruzat, S Medic… - Mediators of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and insulin resistance are age‐related
conditions and increased prevalence is of public concern. Recent research has provided …

Hyperinsulinemia drives diet-induced obesity independently of brain insulin production

AE Mehran, NM Templeman, GS Brigidi, GE Lim… - Cell metabolism, 2012 - cell.com
Hyperinsulinemia is associated with obesity and pancreatic islet hyperplasia, but whether
insulin causes these phenomena or is a compensatory response has remained unsettled for …

Human alcohol-related neuropathology

SM De La Monte, JJ Kril - Acta neuropathologica, 2014 - Springer
Alcohol-related diseases of the nervous system are caused by excessive exposures to
alcohol, with or without co-existing nutritional or vitamin deficiencies. Toxic and metabolic …

The role of type 2 diabetes in neurodegeneration

G Verdile, SJ Fuller, RN Martins - Neurobiology of disease, 2015 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence links type-2 diabetes (T2D) with dementia and
neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD is the most common …

NOX enzymes in the central nervous system: from signaling to disease

S Sorce, KH Krause - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of neurologic and psychiatric
diseases. The brain is particularly vulnerable to oxidative damage due to high oxygen …

Drug repositioning for Alzheimer's disease

A Corbett, J Pickett, A Burns, J Corcoran… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2012 - nature.com
Existing drugs for Alzheimer's disease provide symptomatic benefit for up to 12 months, but
there are no approved disease-modifying therapies. Given the recent failures of various …

Evaluating the effects of the novel GLP-1 analogue liraglutide in Alzheimer's disease: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (ELAD study)

GD Femminella, E Frangou, SB Love, G Busza… - Trials, 2019 - Springer
Background Liraglutide is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue currently approved
for type 2 diabetes and obesity. Preclinical evidence in transgenic models of Alzheimer's …

[HTML][HTML] Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) as a potential therapeutic target for neurological disorders

J Olloquequi, A Cano, E Sanchez-López… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is a typical member of the PTP family, considered
a direct negative regulator of several receptor and receptor-associated tyrosine kinases …

Diabetes as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: insulin signalling impairment in the brain as an alternative model of Alzheimer's disease

C Hölscher - 2011 - portlandpress.com
Surprisingly little is known about the mechanisms that trigger the onset of AD (Alzheimer's
disease) in sporadic forms. A number of risk factors have been identified that may shed light …