Mind and Metabolism: T2D and AD Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Shared risk factor for both AD and T2D
  2. 5. One of the first areas of the brain to be impacted in AD
  3. 6. Protein that normally binds to and stabilises microtubules in healthy neurons
  4. 9. Important lifestyle modification for diabetes and Alzheimer's prevention
  5. 10. Clumps of a protein called beta-amyloid that gather between nerve cells in the brain
  6. 11. Risk factor of AD
  7. 12. First stage of Alzheimer's progression
Down
  1. 2. Type of sugar found in the bloodstream
  2. 3. This hormone plays an essential role in neuronal survival and brain function
  3. 4. Pancreatic cells responsible for producing and releasing the hormone insulin
  4. 7. One symptom of T2D
  5. 8. One pathophysiological link between AD and T2D