Central Nervous System Involvement in Diabetic Neuropathy

Overview

Journal Curr Diab Rep

Publisher Current Science

Specialty Endocrinology

Date 2011 Jun 14

PMID 21667355

Citations 42

Authors

Dinesh Selvarajah

Iain D Wilkinson

Jennifer Davies

Rajiv Gandhi

Solomon Tesfaye

Affiliations

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Abstract

Diabetic neuropathy is a chronic and often disabling condition that affects a significant number of individuals with diabetes. Long considered a disease of the peripheral nervous system, there is now increasing evidence of central nervous system involvement. Recent advances in neuroimaging methods detailed in this review have led to a better understanding and refinement of how diabetic neuropathy affects the central nervous system. Recognition that diabetic neuropathy is, in part, a disease that affects the whole nervous system is resulting in a critical rethinking of this disorder, opening a new direction for further research.

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