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JAGUA GUALDRON, Andrés  e  AVILA AVILA, Vladimir. Insulin and Alzheimer disease: type 3 diabetes?. Rev.fac.med.unal [online]. 2007, vol.55, n.1, pp. 66-70. ISSN 0120-0011.

Alzheimer Disease is a neurodegenerative disease of central nervous system whose incidence will increase in next years. Recent investigations relate alzheimer with insulin signaling defects in neurons. Is alzheimer Disease a type 3 diabetes? In this communication write a brief article about evidences from this alzheimer‘s disease model.

Palavras-chave : Insulin; Alzheimer disease; insulin resistance.