Rather than acting solely through weight loss or peripheral glucose control, GLP-1 therapies engage neural pathways involved in energy regulation, inflammation, synaptic integrity, and protein homeostasisoffering a biologically coherent explanation for their emerging association with preserved cognitive function and reduced dementia risk
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The most important effect of a GLP-1 analog is the ability to stimulate glucose-dependent insulin secretion in -cells
Fletcher JM, Morton CJ, Zwar RA, Murray SS, OLeary PD, Hughes RA (2008) Design of a conformationally defined and proteolytically stable circular mimetic of brain-derived neurotrophic factor
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But for some people, the nausea was severe enough that they dropped out of the trial entirely