Melissa E. Petersen, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Email: Melissa.Petersen@unthsc.edu
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Item Characterization of the Meal-Stimulated Incretin Response and Relationship With Structural Brain Outcomes in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease(Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-11-30) Morris, Jill K.; John, Casey S.; Green, Zachary D.; Wilkins, Heather M.; Wang, Xiaowan; Kamat, Ashwini; Swerdlow, Russell S.; Vidoni, Eric D.; Petersen, Melissa E.; O'Bryant, Sid E.; Honea, Robyn A.; Burns, Jeffrey M.Background: Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are often characterized by systemic markers of insulin resistance; however, the broader effects of AD on other relevant metabolic hormones, such as incretins that affect insulin secretion and food intake, remains less clear. Methods: Here, we leveraged a physiologically relevant meal tolerance test to assess diagnostic differences in these metabolic responses in cognitively healthy older adults (CH; n = 32) and AD (n = 23) participants. All individuals also underwent a comprehensive clinical examination, cognitive evaluation, and structural magnetic resonance imaging. Results: The meal-stimulated response of glucose, insulin, and peptide tyrosine tyrosine (PYY) was significantly greater in individuals with AD as compared to CH. Voxel-based morphometry revealed negative relationships between brain volume and the meal-stimulated response of insulin, C-Peptide, and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) in primarily parietal brain regions. Conclusion: Our findings are consistent with prior work that shows differences in metabolic regulation in AD and relationships with cognition and brain structure.