The role of glucagon‐like peptide 1 (GLP‐1) in addictive disorders

MK Klausen, M Thomsen, G Wortwein… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Drug, alcohol and tobacco use disorders are a global burden affecting millions of people.
Despite decades of research, treatment options are sparse or missing, and relapse rates are …

Intermittent ethanol access schedule in rats as a preclinical model of alcohol abuse

S Carnicella, D Ron, S Barak - Alcohol, 2014 - Elsevier
One of the major challenges in preclinical studies of alcohol abuse and dependence
remains the development of paradigms that will elicit high ethanol intake and mimic the …

[HTML][HTML] The glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue semaglutide reduces alcohol drinking and modulates central GABA neurotransmission

V Chuong, M Farokhnia, S Khom, CL Pince, SK Elvig… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Growing evidence indicates that the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) system is involved in
the neurobiology of addictive behaviors, and GLP-1 analogues may be used for the …

[HTML][HTML] Exenatide once weekly for alcohol use disorder investigated in a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

MK Klausen, ME Jensen, M Møller, N Le Dous… - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic, relapsing brain disorder that accounts
for 5% of deaths annually, and there is an urgent need to develop new targets for …

Semaglutide reduces alcohol intake and relapse-like drinking in male and female rats

C Aranäs, CE Edvardsson, OT Shevchouk, Q Zhang… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Glucagon-like peptide1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists have been found to reduce
alcohol drinking in rodents and overweight patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) …

GLP-1 and weight loss: unraveling the diverse neural circuitry

SE Kanoski, MR Hayes… - American Journal of …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is currently one of the most promising biological systems
for the development of effective obesity pharmacotherapies. Long-acting GLP-1 analogs …

Semaglutide and Tirzepatide reduce alcohol consumption in individuals with obesity

F Quddos, Z Hubshman, A Tegge, D Sane, E Marti… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) contributes significantly to global mortality. GLP-1
(Glucagon-like peptide-1) and GLP-1/GIP (Glucose-dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide) …

From stress to anhedonia: molecular processes through functional circuits

CH Stanton, AJ Holmes, SWC Chang… - Trends in neurosciences, 2019 - cell.com
Converging evidence across species highlights the contribution of environmental stress to
anhedonia (loss of pleasure and/or motivation). However, despite a clear link between …

Expression and Distribution of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor mRNA, Protein and Binding in the Male Nonhuman Primate (Macaca mulatta) Brain

KM Heppner, M Kirigiti, A Secher, SJ Paulsen… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is released from endocrine L-cells lining the gut in
response to food ingestion. However, GLP-1 is also produced in the nucleus of the solitary …

GLP-1 acts on habenular avoidance circuits to control nicotine intake

LM Tuesta, Z Chen, A Duncan, CD Fowler… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Tobacco smokers titrate their nicotine intake to avoid its noxious effects, sensitivity to which
may influence vulnerability to tobacco dependence, yet mechanisms of nicotine avoidance …