LI Physician Leads Research on the Effects of Type 1 Diabetes on the Brain
Glucose control helped memory
Then, in the 1980s, studies proved that patients who kept perfect glucose control experience less cognitive problems. This is according to Dr. Gerald Bernstein, a well-known endocrinologist who’s not engaged in the research of Jacobson. He said that a tight control of the glucose helps brain health.
Meanwhile, Jacobson together with his NYU Winthrop team will utilize state of the art magnetic-resonance imaging technologies along with cognitive-testing approaches in order to answer several questions regarding the root cause of neurocognitive malfunction associated with diabetes like thinking-process breakdowns.