Higher glucose levels associated with lower memory and reduced hippocampal microstructure
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- Received May 7, 2013
- Accepted in final form August 14, 2013
- First Published October 23, 2013.
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Author Disclosures
- Lucia Kerti, MA*,
- A. Veronica Witte, PhD*,
- Angela Winkler, MA,
- Ulrike Grittner, PhD,
- Dan Rujescu, MD and
- Agnes Flöel, MD
- Lucia Kerti, MA*,
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(1) German society for neurology, compensation for travel related expenses (conference talks 2010 and 2011)
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- A. Veronica Witte, PhD*,
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(1) German Society for Neurology, travel compensations for conference talks, 2010-12, (2) Alzheimer's Association, travel grant for conference talk, 2012, (3) German National Academic Foundation, compensation for educational course, 2012, (4) Sport-Gesundheitspark Berlin e.V., honoraria for a symposium's talk, 2012
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(1) Federal Ministry of Education and Research, FKZ 0315673, Co-PI, 2010-13
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German Research Foundation, FL 379/8-1, Co-PI, 2009-present
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- Angela Winkler, MA,
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(1) German society for neurology, compensation for travel related expenses (conference talk 2012)
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- Ulrike Grittner, PhD,
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I received funding from the Center for Rusmiddelforskning Aarhus University, Denmark, from the Albrecht-Kossel-Institute for Neuroregeneration Rostock University, Germany and from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research via the Grant Center for Stroke Research Berlin (01 EO 0801).
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- Dan Rujescu, MD and
F.Hoffmann-La Roche Advisory Board
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International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP) Field Editor for Molecular Psychiatry of the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry BMC Medical Genetics European Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Suizidprophylaxe European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
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- Agnes Flöel, MD
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Received one-time speaker honoraria (between 500 and 1000 Euro) for oral presentations from Novartis, B?hringer-Ingelheim and Souvenaid (commercial entities). not related to present study
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Royalties from the book ?Alzheimer- Unabwendbares Schicksal?? from 2012 onwards (less than 3000 Euro total) not related to present study
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Received one-time consulting fees from Schwabe (1500 Euro, commercial entity). not related to present study
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This work was supported by grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Fl 379-8/1, Fl 379-10/1, Fl 279-11/1; and DFG-Exc 257), the Else-Kr?ner Fresenius Stiftung (2009-141 ; 2011-119), and the Bundesministerium f?r Bildung und Forschung (FKZ 0315673A, 01EO0801 and 01GY1144).
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- From the Departments of Neurology (L.K., A.V.W., A.W., A.F.) and Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology (U.G.), NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence (A.V.W., A.F.), and Center for Stroke Research Berlin (U.G., A.F.), Charité–University Medicine, Berlin; and Department of Psychiatry (D.R.), University of Halle, Germany.
- Correspondence to Dr. Flöel: agnes.floeel{at}charite.de or Ms. Kerti: lucia.kerti{at}charite.de
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- Higher glucose levels associated with lower memory and reduced hippocampal microstructure.
- Lucia Kerti, PhD student, Department of Neurology, Charite University Hospital Berlin[email protected]
- A.Veronica Witte, Berlin, Germany; Ulrike Grittner, Berlin, Germany; Agnes Floeel, Berlin, Germany
Submitted January 28, 2014 - Meaningful magnitude missing
- Linus B. Grabenhenrich, PostDoc Research Associate Clinical Epidemiology, Charite University Medical Centre Berlin Germany, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and He[email protected]
- Stephanie Roll, Berlin, Germany
Submitted December 09, 2013
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