John Hamilton
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It also begins an adolescent phase of optimizing the connections that remain.
At 32, the brain enters a long period of stability.
Then, around age 66, connections start to weaken, a process that accelerates after age 83.
That's because this class of drugs, called GLP-1, affects an area of the brain stem known as the vomit center.
So researchers did an experiment that kept the drug from reaching this brain area in mice.
Warren Yakowich of the University of Michigan says that kept the mice from feeling sick, but also meant they didn't lose weight.
Even so, companies that sell GLP-1 drugs are still trying to get rid of this side effect.
It's a major reason many patients stop taking the medications.
About half the people who take these drugs feel queasy.
That's because this class of drugs, called GLP-1, affects an area of the brain stem known as the vomit center.
So researchers did an experiment that kept the drug from reaching this brain area in mice.
Warren Yakowich of the University of Michigan says that kept the mice from feeling sick, but also meant they didn't lose weight.
Even so, companies that sell GLP-1 drugs are still trying to get rid of this side effect.
It's a major reason many patients stop taking the medications.
About half the people who take these drugs feel queasy.
That's because this class of drugs, called GLP-1, affects an area of the brain stem known as the vomit center.
So researchers did an experiment that kept the drug from reaching this brain area in mice.