Increased Brain Fatty Acid Uptake in Metabolic Syndrome

: Karmi A, Iozzo P, Viljanen A, Hirvonen J, Fielding BA, Virtanen K, Oikonen V, Kemppainen J, Viljanen T, Guiducci L, Haaparanta-Solin M, Nagren K, Solin O, Nuutila P

Publisher: AMER DIABETES ASSOC AMER DIABETES ASSOC

: 2010

: Diabetes

: Increased Brain Fatty Acid Uptake in Metabolic Syndrome

: DIABETES

: 9

: 59

: 9

: 2171

: 2177

: 7

: 0012-1797

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2337/db09-0138

CONCLUSIONS-To our knowledge, this is the first study on humans to observe enhanced brain fatty acid uptake in patients with MS. Both fatty acid uptake and accumulation appear to be increased in MS patients and reversed by weight reduction. Diabetes 59:2171-2177, 2010