It reduces blood glucose by simultaneously stimulating insulin secretion, which is why it is effective in Type II and not Type I diabetes, and lowers glucagon secretion
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Semaglutide (Wegovy/Ozempic, Novo Nordisk) and liraglutide (Saxenda, Novo Nordisk) made up 31.4% and 35.3% of all new GLP-1 receptor agonist prescriptions in 2019, respectively
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The test is designed to measure spontaneous alternation, which is the capacity of a mouse to naturally explore an arm of the maze instead of returning to an arm they have more recently visited, as an indicator of working memory over a short period of time