METHOD FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF OBESITY, REDUCING BODY WEIGHT AND/OR FOOD INTAKE, OR INDUCING SATIETY IN A SUBJECT

摘要

A method for prevention or treatment of obesity, reducing body weight and/or food intake, or inducing satiety in a subject, the method comprising the steps of: administration of an effective amount of a GLP-1 agonist to the subject for an initial time period; positioning an electrode adjacent to and spaced from a skin surface of a head of the subject; and applying an electrical impulse through the electrode to a target region in a cerebral cortex of a brain of the patient, wherein the electrical impulse is sufficient to modulate one or more neurons in the target region.