Brainmap: Diabetes and the Brain: What Magnetic Resonance Studies Tell Us

Nicolas Bolo, Ph.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

In 2011, about 26 million people in the US - 8.3% of the population - had diabetes.  Peripheral complications such as heart disease, kidney disease and neuropathy are relatively well known, however we have only recently been able to examine the impact of diabetes on the central nervous system using advanced neuroimaging technology.  Dr. Bolo will be talking about recent studies of brain metabolism, function and structure and their relationship to emotional and cognitive disorders in type 1 and type 2 diabetes using magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging.