Vanessa Weir

Comparison of mortality risk in patients with cirrhosis and COVID-19 compared with patients with cirrhosis alone and COVID-19 alone: multicentre matched cohort

Jasmohan S. Bajaj, Guadalupe García–Tsao, Scott W. Biggins et al. · Gut · 2020 · 219 citations · Full text

Activation of GLP-1 receptors attenuates oxycodone taking and seeking without compromising the antinociceptive effects of oxycodone in rats

Yafang Zhang, Michelle W. Kahng, Jaclynn A. Elkind et al. · Neuropsychopharmacology · 2019 · 75 citations · Full text

Molecular Pharmacology, Health Sciences, Pain Medicine +11

GLP-1 receptor signaling in the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus attenuates cocaine seeking by activating GABAergic circuits that project to the VTA

Nicole S. Hernandez, Vanessa Weir, Kael Ragnini et al. · Molecular Psychiatry · 2020 · 55 citations · Full text

Gabaergic Circuits, Health Sciences, Behavioral Neuroscience +12

Socioeconomic Status, Biological Aging, and Memory in a Diverse National Sample of Older US Men and Women

Justina Avila‐Rieger, Indira C. Turney, Jet M. J. Vonk et al. · Neurology · 2022 · 51 citations · Full text

An endogenous GLP-1 circuit engages VTA GABA neurons to regulate mesolimbic dopamine neurons and attenuate cocaine seeking

R. Merkel, Nicole S. Hernandez, Vanessa Weir et al. · Science Advances · 2025 · 21 citations · Full text