While the health benefits of GLP-1 activity in blood glucose lowering are well established [92], GLP-1 activity is also implicated as a protective factor in a host of other diseases including myocardial ischemic injury [[93], [94], [95], [96], [97]] and various dementias [[98], [99], [100], [101]]. The gene discussed is GLP1R; the disease is dementia.