title: Diabetes and the nervous system.
abstract: Hyperglycemia and its vascular complications affect the entire nervous system, contributing to increased morbidity and mortality. Chronic hyperglycemia is not only a known and major risk factor for cerebral vascular diseases but also the presence of hyperglycemia at the time of a cerebrovascular event may adversely influence the outcome. It also affects the treatment of some neurodegenerative disorders, and there are suggestions that diabetes may in fact suffer from a "chronic diabetic encephalopathy." Its varied effects on the peripheral nervous system result in several forms of diabetic neuropathies, the exact pathogenesis of which is still obscure. There is, however, some new information that may link metabolic and vascular hypotheses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Harati
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology; D003926:Diabetic Coma / Q000209:etiology; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000150:complications; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose