Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease – What’s The Link? | Brain Blogger

Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease – What’s The Link? | Brain Blogger: Recent studies propose a common pathophysiology between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. The similarities in the pathophysiology have given way to the thought that Alzheimer’s disease could be viewed as a new form of diabetes mellitus. The reasons for such an implication are not so complex and are as follows.
Amyloid plaques are seen in diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease patients

The pathology of Alzheimer’s disease is still a hotly debated topic. However, researchers have proposed certain characteristic features of Alzheimer’s diseases that are attributed to the damage caused to the brain. They include the formations of certain protein deposits: amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. The interesting fact is that these deposits are also seen in the brain autopsies of patients who died with diabetes.