Imagine your body as a bustling city, with sugar zipping through your bloodstream like cars on a busy road
Patients typically notice appetite changes within the first week, and measurable weight loss by the fourth week
The common side effects include low blood sodium, fluid absorption, fluid overload, and electrolyte imbalance
Instead, we found a striking activation of the AP, the NTS and the PBN, which together constitute a well described hindbrain neural pathway regulating food intake 21,2326
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First, although we identified significant alterations in pathways such as fatty acid -oxidation and PPAR signaling, we lacked direct functional validation through experiments such as mitochondrial respiration assays, gene expression analysis of key regulators (e.g., PPAR target genes), or isotopic tracing of fatty acid oxidation