A long history in transplant medicine and now the era of Regenerative Medicine. Cord blood stem cells are doing amazing things. Learn More Objective. Diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN) affects approximately half of diabetic patients leading to significant morbidity. There is impaired neurotrophic growth factor signaling, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity and mitochondrial function in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of animal models of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. To assess whether the reduction in muscle mass was maintained in adulthood.