Cerebral insulin resistance

Impaired insulin signaling in the brain, visible on PET scan from age 40-50 in ApoE e4 carriers. Alzheimer's is sometimes called 'type 3 diabetes' due to this mechanism. Dietary AGEs worsen this resistance.

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