In this week's episode of the What Science Says podcast, our host Mahshad talks about four key mechanisms that link Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. With both diseases on the rise, we explore whether diabetes causes Alzheimer's disease.

References:

Prasad et al. Diabetes Mellitus and Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction: An Overview. J Pharmacovigil. 2014 Jun; 2(2): 125.

Mullins et al. Insulin Resistance as a Link between Amyloid-Beta and Tau Pathologies in Alzheimer’s Disease. Front Aging Neurosci. 2017; 9: 118.

Michailidis et al. Antidiabetic Drugs in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 May; 23(9): 4641.