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Distinct brain circuits explain contradictory behaviors of new weight-loss drugs
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University of Cambridge
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Cambridge researchers have discovered that weight-loss drugs targeting the GIPR protein work through different brain regions depending on whether they stimulate or block the receptor. This finding explains why drugs with opposite actions can achieve similar weight-loss results and could improve future obesity treatments.
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