Tesofensine, a novel antiobesity drug, silences GABAergic hypothalamic neurons.
Perez CI, Luis-Islas J, Lopez A, Diaz X, Molina O, Arroyo B, Moreno MG, Lievana EG, Fonseca E, Castañeda-Hernández G, Gutierrez R.
Perez CI, et al.
PLoS One. 2024 Apr 24;19(4):e0300544. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300544. eCollection 2024.
PLoS One. 2024.
PMID: 38656972
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In Vgat-ChR2 and Vgat-IRES-cre transgenic mice, we found for the first time that tesofensine inhibited a subset of LH GABAergic neurons, reducing their ability to promote feeding behavior, and chemogenetically silencing them enhanced tesofensine's food-suppressing e …
In Vgat-ChR2 and Vgat-IRES-cre transgenic mice, we found for the first time that tesofensine inhibited a subset of LH GABAergic neuro …