Curr Biol
So, Secher asked, does that mean that these are the only regions that are activated by GLP-1 receptor agonists? She and her team do not believe that this is the case, she said, because when you have interaction with one neuron, this can communicate to many other neurons in deeper layers of the brain. To test whether that was happening, her team used c-Fos, a protein that can be used as a marker for neuronal activation
Biermann has heard from many GLP-1 users who want to stop the medication and is studying whether gradually spacing out doses such as moving from weekly injections to every other week can help maintain weight loss and other health benefits
These treatments may become valuable tools for maintaining cognitive health while addressing metabolic concerns
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Researchers are also seeing improvements in blood pressure, inflammation, cholesterol, and liver fat, each of which is independently linked to heart risk
