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ABSTRACT: Background
Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are often characterized by systemic markers of insulin resistance; however, the broader effects of AD on other relevant metabolic hormones, such as incretins that affect insulin secretion and food intake, remains less clear.Methods
Here, we leveraged a physiologically relevant meal tolerance test to assess diagnostic differences in these metabolic responses in cognitively healthy older adults (CH; n = 32) and AD (n = 23) participants. All individuals also underwent a comprehensive clinical examination, cognitive evaluation, and structural magnetic resonance imaging.Results
The meal-stimulated response of glucose, insulin, and peptide tyrosine tyrosine (PYY) was significantly greater in individuals with AD as compared to CH. Voxel-based morphometry revealed negative relationships between brain volume and the meal-stimulated response of insulin, C-Peptide, and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) in primarily parietal brain regions.Conclusion
Our findings are consistent with prior work that shows differences in metabolic regulation in AD and relationships with cognition and brain structure.
SUBMITTER: Morris JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7734152 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Morris Jill K JK John Casey S CS Green Zachary D ZD Wilkins Heather M HM Wang Xiaowan X Kamat Ashwini A Swerdlow Russell S RS Vidoni Eric D ED Petersen Melissa E ME O'Bryant Sid E SE Honea Robyn A RA Burns Jeffrey M JM
Frontiers in neuroscience 20201130
<h4>Background</h4>Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are often characterized by systemic markers of insulin resistance; however, the broader effects of AD on other relevant metabolic hormones, such as incretins that affect insulin secretion and food intake, remains less clear.<h4>Methods</h4>Here, we leveraged a physiologically relevant meal tolerance test to assess diagnostic differences in these metabolic responses in cognitively healthy older adults (CH; <i>n</i> = 32) and AD (<i>n</i ...[more]