The research, published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine, is significant because semaglutide was initially prescribed for adults with Type 2 diabetes, a condition in which cells don't respond normally to insulin, the hormone made by the pancreas
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The study also found that after semaglutide intervention, the food intake of obese mice decreased significantly, achieved by regulating appetite-related factors in the hypothalamus, indicating that semaglutide could penetrate the blood-brain barrier to reach the hypothalamus, brainstem, and arcuate nucleus through peripheral administration ( + neurons in the arcuate nucleus co-express GLP-1R and leptin receptors, and chemogenetic activation of POMC Glp1r+ neurons leads to reduced food intake in male mice ( In addition to regulating appetite, the semaglutide also affects insulin secretion, blood glucose homeostasis, energy expenditure, and lipid metabolism processes, as well as serum metabolism