Glucagon Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Reduces Cerebrospinal Fluid Secretion and Intracranial Pressure: A Novel Treatment for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension? (.pdf)

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Title Glucagon Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Reduces Cerebrospinal Fluid Secretion and Intracranial Pressure: A Novel Treatment for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension? (.pdf)
Creator Alexandra Sinclair; Maria Uldall; James Mitchell; Ana Maria Gonzalez; Rigmor Jensen; Hannah Botfield
Affiliation (AS) (JM) (AMG) (HB) Neurometabolism, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; (AS) Neurology Department, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; (MU) (RJ)Danish Headache Center, Clinic of Neurology, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, United Kingdom
Subject Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension; Glucagon Like Peptide 1; Intracranial Pressure; Choroid Plexus; Cerebrospinal Fluid Secretion
Description To investigate whether the gut neuropeptide, Exendin-4, a glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist (currently used to treat diabetes and obesity), would be able to modulate CSF secretion at the choroid plexus and subsequently reduce ICP.
Date 2016-03-01
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2016 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting 2016: Scientific Platform Session II
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
ARK ark:/87278/s6186dd6
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 185323
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6186dd6
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