Additionally, high blood sugar causes insulin resistance in the brain and a functional starvation where there is enough glucose but we can not get it into the brain to be used. (drjockers.com)
This research noticed a strong correlation between insulin resistance in the brain and early Alzheimer's Disease, suggesting that Alzheimer's might be considered a neuroendocrine disorder of the brain or so - called «type 3 diabetes». (healthimpactnews.com)
Similarly, patients with Alzheimer's disease develop insulin resistance in the brain that is so pronounced some have dubbed the disease «type III diabetes,» Boulanger said. (sciencedaily.com)