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Other scientists are pooling data from large cohortsoften from studies by pharmaceutical companies eager to find new markets for already popular drugsto examine how many people who received GLP-1 agonists went on to develop dementia

However, a subset of patientsparticularly those with a family history of mood disorders or polymorphisms in genes such as BDNF Val66Met or SLC6A4 (serotonin transporter)develop persistent depressive symptoms resistant to standard antidepressants