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Blast traumatic brain injury-induced cognitive deficits are attenuated by preinjury or postinjury treatment with the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, exendin-4.

Tweedie D, Rachmany L, Rubovitch V, Li Y, Holloway HW, Lehrmann E, Zhang Y, Becker KG, Perez E, Hoffer BJ, Pick CG, Greig NH

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association29 Aug 2015Cited by 50 (Europe PMC)

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Results from this study3

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  1. 01AnimalAnimal study (in vivo)Efficacy outcome

    In mice, preinjury or postinjury exendin‑4 reduced blast-induced neurodegeneration at 72 hours.

    In plain wordsIn mice, exendin‑4 before or after blast injury reduced nerve degeneration at 72 hours.

    Outcome
    DecreaseNeurodegeneration
    Study

    mousen: not reported in source

    blast traumatic brain injury
    Outcome group
    Neuroprotection · Nervous system and cognition
    Studied dose
    Dose not stated · subcutaneousAs given in this study (mouse).

    Source sentences

    Summary
    Ex-4, administered preinjury or postinjury, ameliorated B-TBI-induced neurodegeneration at 72 hours, memory deficits from days 7-14, and attenuated genes regulated by blast at day 14 postinjury.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    Exendin-4 (Ex-4), administered subcutaneously, was evaluated as a pretreatment (48 hours) and postinjury treatment (2 hours) on neurodegeneration, behaviors, and gene expressions in a murine open field model of blast injury.
  2. 02AnimalAnimal study (in vivo)Efficacy outcome

    In mice, preinjury or postinjury exendin‑4 reduced blast-induced memory deficits from days 7-14.

    In plain wordsIn mice, exendin‑4 before or after blast injury reduced memory deficits from days 7-14.

    Outcome
    DecreaseMemory deficits
    Study

    mousen: not reported in source

    blast traumatic brain injury
    Outcome group
    Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
    Studied dose
    Dose not stated · subcutaneousAs given in this study (mouse).

    Source sentences

    Summary
    Ex-4, administered preinjury or postinjury, ameliorated B-TBI-induced neurodegeneration at 72 hours, memory deficits from days 7-14, and attenuated genes regulated by blast at day 14 postinjury.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    Exendin-4 (Ex-4), administered subcutaneously, was evaluated as a pretreatment (48 hours) and postinjury treatment (2 hours) on neurodegeneration, behaviors, and gene expressions in a murine open field model of blast injury.
  3. 03AnimalAnimal study (in vivo)Mechanism

    In mice, preinjury or postinjury exendin‑4 attenuated blast-regulated gene expression at day 14 after injury.

    In plain wordsIn mice, exendin‑4 before or after blast injury reduced changes in gene expression at day 14.

    Outcome
    MixedBlast-regulated gene expression
    Study

    mousen: not reported in source

    blast traumatic brain injury
    Outcome group
    Receptor activity and mechanism · Nervous system and cognition
    Studied dose
    Dose not stated · subcutaneousAs given in this study (mouse).

    Source sentences

    Summary
    Ex-4, administered preinjury or postinjury, ameliorated B-TBI-induced neurodegeneration at 72 hours, memory deficits from days 7-14, and attenuated genes regulated by blast at day 14 postinjury.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    Exendin-4 (Ex-4), administered subcutaneously, was evaluated as a pretreatment (48 hours) and postinjury treatment (2 hours) on neurodegeneration, behaviors, and gene expressions in a murine open field model of blast injury.

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    22 Oct 2026, 02:26 UTC

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  2. Version 1

    21 Oct 2026, 18:59 UTC

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