Obesity medication lorcaserin requires brainstem GLP-1 neurons to reduce food intake in mice
Stefan Wagner, Daniel I. Brierley, Alasdair T. S. Leeson-Payne, Wanqing Jiang, Raffaella Chianese, Brian Lam, Georgina K.C. Dowsett, Claudia Cristiano, David Lyons, Frank M. Reimann, Fiona M. Gribble, Giles S.H. Yeo, Stefan Trapp, Lora K. Heisler
This study identifies brainstem GLP-1 neurons as essential for lorcaserin's effect on reducing food intake in mice and suggests combination therapy with GLP-1R agonists may enhance efficacy.
bioRxiv · May 6, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience