Brain sensitivity to insulin may be modulated by menstrual cycle

A combined team of diabetes specialists from Eberhard Karls University Tübingen and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, both in Germany, has found evidence that suggests brain sensitivity to insulin may be modulated by the menstrual cycle in women.

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