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Differential Sensitivity of Men and Women to Anorexigenic and Memory-Improving Effects of Intranasal Insulin
Author(s) -
Christian Benedict,
Werner Kern,
Bernd Schultes,
Jan Born,
Manfred Hallschmid
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2007-2606
Subject(s) - hippocampus , insulin , placebo , working memory , nasal administration , medicine , endocrinology , psychology , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , affect (linguistics) , cognition , neuroscience , communication , alternative medicine , pathology , immunology
Brain insulin is critically involved in the regulation of body weight and memory processing. Long-term administration of intranasal insulin reduces body weight in men, but not in women, while improving hippocampus-dependent memory processing in both genders.

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