Cognitive functioning and structural brain abnormalities in people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Boris MankovskyN ZherdovaE van den BergG-J BiesselsJ de Bresser

Published in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2018)

In people with long-standing, less strictly controlled Type 2 diabetes, white matter hyperintensities volumes were associated with decreased processing speed. This suggests that cerebral small vessel disease is an underlying disease mechanism of cognitive dysfunction in these individuals.

Keyphrases

white matter
type diabetes
multiple sclerosis
cardiovascular disease
subarachnoid hemorrhage
cerebral ischemia
metabolic syndrome
glycemic control
insulin resistance
adipose tissue