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Newest in this topic

  1. Incretin-Based Therapies in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease: Advancing Neuroprotection With Dual and Triple Agonists-A Review 2025-07-15
  2. Cognitive protection of incretin-based therapies in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on clinical studies 2023-05-05
  3. Potentials of incretin-based therapies in dementia and stroke in type 2 diabetes mellitus 2015-10-03

Studies

4 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2014 to 2025

Top journals

  • Journal of diabetes investigation 2
  • Endocrine 1
  • Health science reports 1

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  1. Incretin-Based Therapies in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease: Advancing Neuroprotection With Dual and Triple Agonists-A Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Health science reports 2025-07-15 Drug development

    Emerging evidence highlights disrupted insulin signaling in AD and, to a lesser extent, in PD, suggesting that insulin plays a key neuroprotective role.

  2. Cognitive protection of incretin-based therapies in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on clinical studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. Journal of diabetes investigation 2023-05-05 Drug development

    Current evidence shows that incretin-based therapies might be more effective, when compared with the other hypoglycemic drugs, for cognitive improvement in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

  3. Potentials of incretin-based therapies in dementia and stroke in type 2 diabetes mellitus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of diabetes investigation 2015-10-03 Drug development

    Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are at risk for accelerated cognitive decline and dementia.

  4. Extra-pancreatic effects of incretin-based therapies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Endocrine 2014-03-07 Drug development

    Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) stimulates insulin secretion and inhibits glucagon secretion in the pancreatic islets of Langerhans under hyperglycaemia.

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