Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 4 July 2003:
Vol. 301. no. 5629, pp. 40 - 41
DOI: 10.1126/science.301.5629.40
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

News Focus

NEUROSCIENCE:
Insulin Insults May Spur Alzheimer's Disease

Gary Taubes

Evidence has accumulated that pancreatic control of the hormone insulin may play an important role in the genesis of Alzheimer's disease. Excess insulin, some suggest, may help litter the brain with senile plaques.

Read the Full Text


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Cross-species microarray analysis with the OSCAR system suggests an INSR->Pax6->NQO1 neuro-protective pathway in aging and Alzheimer's disease.
Y. Lu, X. He, and S. Zhong (2007)
Nucleic Acids Res. 35, W105-W114
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Starvation response in mouse liver shows strong correlation with life-span-prolonging processes.
M. Bauer, A. C. Hamm, M. Bonaus, A. Jacob, J. Jaekel, H. Schorle, M. J. Pankratz, and J. D. Katzenberger (2004)
Physiol Genomics 17, 230-244
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Detangling Alzheimer's Disease.
L. Helmuth (2003)
Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2003, oa2-2
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »


To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)