In obese male responders, exenatide increased hypothalamic connectedness during food pictures compared with placebo.
In plain wordsIn obese male responders, exenatide increased functional connectedness of hypothalamic activity during food pictures compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- IncreaseHypothalamic connectedness in responders
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intravenousAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Responders showed significantly higher connectedness of the hypothalamus, which was specific for the food pictures condition, in the exenatide condition compared with placebo.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We performed a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, cross-over fMRI study with intravenous administration of exenatide in obese male volunteers.