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ArticleNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2017

Endogenous Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Signaling in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius is Required for Food Intake Control.

Amber L Alhadeff, Blake D Mergler, Derek J Zimmer, Christopher A Turner, David J Reiner, Heath D Schmidt, Harvey J Grill, Matthew R Hayes

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Article in Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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72citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amber L AlhadeffDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Blake D MerglerDepartment of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Derek J ZimmerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Christopher A TurnerDepartment of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
David J ReinerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Heath D SchmidtDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Harvey J GrillDepartment of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Matthew R HayesDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

The role of central GLP-1 receptors in animal models of cocaine addictionR01DA037897 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SCHMIDT, HEATH D · 2015 to 2023
$3.5M
Amylin receptors in the lateral dorsal tegmental area regulate food intakeF31DK105858 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI REINER, DAVID · 2015 to 2016
$87k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA037897NIDDK NIH HHS F31 DK105858
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alhough the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) system is critical to energy balance control and is a target for obesity pharmacotherapies, the receptor-population-mediating effects of endogenous GLP-1 signaling are not fully understood. To address this, we developed a novel adeno-associated virus (AAV-GLP-1R) that utilizes short hairpin RNA to chronically knock down GLP-1 receptors (GLP-1R) in rats. As pharmacological studies highlight the hindbrain nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) as a brain region important for GLP-1R-mediated effects on energy balance, AAV-GLP-1R was injected into the NTS to examine the role of endogenous NTS GLP-1R signaling in energy balance control. Chow intake and meal size were significantly increased following chronic NTS GLP-1R knockdown. In addition, NTS GLP-1R knockdown significantly increased self-administration of palatable food under both fixed and progressive ratio schedules of reinforcement. Collectively, these data demonstrate that endogenous NTS GLP-1R signaling is required for the control of food intake and motivation to feed, and provide a new strategy to investigate the importance of distinct GLP-1R populations in the control of a variety of functions.

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AdenoviridaeAnimalsConditioning, OperantEatingGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 ReceptorMaleMotivationRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySelf AdministrationSignal TransductionSolitary NucleusGlp1r protein, ratGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor

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PMID27782127
PMCPMC5436110
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