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Diabetic Encephalopathy

Enzyme inhibition improves cognitive function in type 2 diabetes

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 5th, 2004

11-Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase inhibition improves cognitive function in patients with type 2 diabetes.

"In aging humans and rodents, inter-individual differences in cognitive function have been ascribed to variations in long-term glucocorticoid exposure. 11-Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11beta-HSD1) regenerates the active glucocorticoid cortisol from circulating inert cortisone, thus amplifying intracellular glucocorticoid levels in some tissues. We show that 11B-HSD1, but not 11beta-HSD2, mRNA is expressed in the human hippocampus, frontal cortex, and cerebellum," scientists writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of...

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