Novel GLP-1 mimetics developed to treat type 2 diabetes promote progenitor cell proliferation in the brain

Four weeks administration of Liraglutide improves memory and learning as well as glycaemic control in mice with high fat dietary-induced obesity and insulin resistance

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Actions of exendin-4 therapy on cognitive function and hippocampal synaptic plasticity in mice fed a high-fat diet

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Val(8)GLP-1 rescues synaptic plasticity and reduces dense core plaques in APP/PS1 mice

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A high-fat diet impairs neurogenesis: Involvement of lipid peroxidation and brain-derived neurotrophic factor

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Impairment of synaptic plasticity and memory formation in GLP-1 receptor KO mice: Interaction between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease

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Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues enhance synaptic plasticity in the brain: A link between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease

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Incretin-based therapies for type 2 diabetes mellitus

(2009) Julie A. Lovshin et al.   Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Receptors for the incretin glucagon-like peptide-1 are expressed on neurons in the central nervous system

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Neural stem cells improve cognition via BDNF in a transgenic model of Alzheimer disease

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Impaired neurogenesis in adult type-2 diabetic rats

(2008) Bradley T. Lang et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

GLP-1 agonists facilitate hippocampal LTP and reverse the impairment of LTP induced by beta-amyloid

(2008) Victor A. Gault et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Molecular, pharmacological and clinical aspects of liraglutide, a once-daily human GLP-1 analogue

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New roles for insulin-like hormones in neuronal signalling and protection: New hopes for novel treatments of Alzheimer’s disease?

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