Recently, diabetes has been suggested as a risk factor for inducing cognitive impairment. Thus, a quantitative imaging method to validate the metabolic status of the brain according to the stages of diabetes may help elucidate the relationship between the development of cognitive impairment and glucose metabolism of the brain. This study performed hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate imaging in the brain of both pre-diabetes (Pre-DM) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) mouse model. It shows dynamic brain glucose metabolism according to the stages of diabetes with excellent sensitivity.
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