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ArticleNature. Mental health2025

An analysis on the role of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists in cognitive and mental health disorders.

Riccardo De Giorgi, Ana Ghenciulescu, Oliwia Dziwisz, Maxime Taquet, Amanda I Adler, Ivan Koychev, Rachel Upthegrove, Marco Solmi, Robert McCutcheon, Toby Pillinger and 2 more

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Article in Nature. Mental health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Riccardo De GiorgiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom.
Ana GhenciulescuDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom.
Oliwia DziwiszDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom.
Maxime TaquetDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom.
Amanda I AdlerDiabetes Trials Unit, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom.
Ivan KoychevDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom.
Rachel UpthegroveDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom.
Marco SolmiSCIENCES lab, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Robert McCutcheonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom.
Toby PillingerDepartment of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK, SE5 8AF.
Philip J CowenDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom.
Catherine J HarmerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are novel drugs approved for diabetes and obesity. They are acknowledged as a major scientific breakthrough. In addition to their metabolic effects, these medications act on other bodily systems involved in the physiopathology of various neurological and psychiatric disorders. Several stakeholders are calling for more research to investigate the repurposing potential of GLP-1RAs in cognitive and mental disorders, while others advocate for a better assessment of their safety profile from a neuropsychiatric perspective. In this review, we searched for relevant literature on the effects of GLP-1RAs across a range of illnesses, gathering and describing the available pre-clinical/mechanistic (278 studies) and clinical (96 studies) evidence for cognitive disorders, substance use disorders, psychotic disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and others. By leveraging translational insights from these data, we consider potential implications for clinical practice and propose avenues for further research.

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PMCPMC7619120

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