RT Journal
A1 Colwell JA
T1 DIabetes and the brain
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2010
FD August 11
VO 304
IS 6
SP 691
OP 691
DO 10.1001/jama.2010.1128
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.1128
AB 
In Diabetes and the Brain, coeditors Geert Biessels and José Luchsinger have organized and delivered a compelling review of a variety of ways in which diabetes affects the brain. In the past, this subject has not received major attention in the literature. Accordingly, this new book is a welcome addition. It begins with a basic primer, designed primarily for neurologists, on type 1 and type 2 diabetes. This is followed by a discussion, for nonneurologists, of stroke and dementia. This approach sets the stage nicely for the chapters that follow. Acute cerebral disturbances and long-term cerebral complications in diabetes are covered, as are models of the pathophysiology of diabetic encephalopathy. Diabetes and depression is reviewed, and cognitive disturbances in children and adolescents are well discussed.