Regional Brain Gray Matter Changes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
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SUBMITTER: Roy B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7303156 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
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Regional Brain Gray Matter Changes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Roy Bhaswati B Ehlert Luke L Mullur Rashmi R Freeby Matthew J MJ Woo Mary A MA Kumar Rajesh R Choi Sarah S
Scientific reports 20200618 1
Patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) show cognitive and mood impairment, indicating potential for brain injury in regions that control these functions. However, brain tissue integrity in cognition, anxiety, and depression regulatory sites, and their associations with these functional deficits in T2DM subjects remain unclear. We examined gray matter (GM) changes in 34 T2DM and 88 control subjects using high-resolution T1-weighted images, collected from a 3.0-Tesla magnetic resonance imag ...[more]
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