In non-diabetic rats with transient focal brain ischaemia, liraglutide pretreatment reduced infarct size compared with vehicle controls.
In plain wordsIn non-diabetic rats, liraglutide given before a stroke-like injury reduced brain damage compared with vehicle.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseBrain infarct volume (non-diabetic rats)
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Non-diabetic male Wistar rats with transient focal brain ischaemia- Comparator
- Vehicle-treated controls
- Outcome group
- Neuroprotection · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Pretreatment with liraglutide in diabetic and non-diabetic animals reduced infarct size as compared to controls, while only non-diabetic liraglutide-treated rats presented neurologic deficit decreases.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
This two-phase study used male Wistar rats.