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Liraglutide can enter specific brain regions associated with appetite regulation, electrophysiological measurements of mouse brain sections showed that GLP-1 directly stimulated promelanocortin (POMC)/cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) neurons and indirectly inhibited neurotransmission of neuropeptide Y (NPY) and agouti-related peptide (AgRP) in arcuate nucleus neurons through GABA-dependent signal transduction
It is better understood as an engineered analog-based peptide research compound designed for receptor interaction studies