| Title |
A high-fat-diet-induced cognitive deficit in rats that is not prevented by improving insulin sensitivity with metformin
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Diabetologia, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00125-012-2686-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
A. D. McNeilly, R. Williamson, D. J. K. Balfour, C. A. Stewart, C. Sutherland |
| Abstract |
We previously demonstrated that animals fed a high-fat (HF) diet for 10 weeks developed insulin resistance and behavioural inflexibility. We hypothesised that intervention with metformin would diminish the HF-feeding-evoked cognitive deficit by improving insulin sensitivity. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 113 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 22 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 19 | 16% |
| Unknown | 19 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 15% |
| Neuroscience | 17 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 10% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 19 | 16% |
| Unknown | 28 | 24% |