Diabetes Cognitive Impairments and the Effect of Traditional Chinese Herbs

The problem of cognitive impairment resulting from diabetes is gaining more acceptance and attention. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus have been proved to be associated with reduced performance on numerous domains of cognitive function. Although the exact mechanisms of cognitive impairments...

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Main Authors: Xu, Xiaohan, Guo, Leilei, Tian, Guoqing
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3872237/
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spelling pubmed-38722372014-01-02 Diabetes Cognitive Impairments and the Effect of Traditional Chinese Herbs Xu, Xiaohan Guo, Leilei Tian, Guoqing Review Article The problem of cognitive impairment resulting from diabetes is gaining more acceptance and attention. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus have been proved to be associated with reduced performance on numerous domains of cognitive function. Although the exact mechanisms of cognitive impairments in diabetes have not been completely understood, hyperglycemia and insulin resistance seem to play significant roles. And other possible risk factors such as hypoglycemia, insulin deficiency, vascular risk factors, hyperactive HPA axis, depression, and altered neurotransmitters will also be examined. In the meanwhile, this review analyzed the role of the active ingredient of Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of diabetes cognitive impairments. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3872237/ /pubmed/24386004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/649396 Text en Copyright © 2013 Xiaohan Xu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Xu, Xiaohan
Guo, Leilei
Tian, Guoqing
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Guo, Leilei
Tian, Guoqing
Diabetes Cognitive Impairments and the Effect of Traditional Chinese Herbs
author_facet Xu, Xiaohan
Guo, Leilei
Tian, Guoqing
author_sort Xu, Xiaohan
title Diabetes Cognitive Impairments and the Effect of Traditional Chinese Herbs
title_short Diabetes Cognitive Impairments and the Effect of Traditional Chinese Herbs
title_full Diabetes Cognitive Impairments and the Effect of Traditional Chinese Herbs
title_fullStr Diabetes Cognitive Impairments and the Effect of Traditional Chinese Herbs
title_full_unstemmed Diabetes Cognitive Impairments and the Effect of Traditional Chinese Herbs
title_sort diabetes cognitive impairments and the effect of traditional chinese herbs
description The problem of cognitive impairment resulting from diabetes is gaining more acceptance and attention. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus have been proved to be associated with reduced performance on numerous domains of cognitive function. Although the exact mechanisms of cognitive impairments in diabetes have not been completely understood, hyperglycemia and insulin resistance seem to play significant roles. And other possible risk factors such as hypoglycemia, insulin deficiency, vascular risk factors, hyperactive HPA axis, depression, and altered neurotransmitters will also be examined. In the meanwhile, this review analyzed the role of the active ingredient of Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of diabetes cognitive impairments.
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate 2013
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3872237/
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