Effects of Type 2 diabetes and glycemic control on brain amyloid deposition in nondemented adults

Completed Research Project
Investigator(s): 
Gloria Chiang, M.D.
Last Updated: 
June 7, 2022

Award or Grant: National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) (2013-2015)

This study investigated the relationships between (1) insulin resistance and brain amyloidosis and, (2) oxidative stress and brain amyloidosis in nondemented individuals, using magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy and amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) scans with Pittsburgh compound B.

Weill Cornell Medicine
Department of Radiology
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