Ghrelin: A novel peptide for growth hormone release and feeding regulation

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 391-395

  Yoshihara, Fumiki ^a   Kojima, Masayasu ^b   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^a   Nakazato, Masamitsu ^c   Kangawa, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feeding behavior; Ghrelin; Growth hormone

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ATROPINE; CHOLECYSTOKININ OCTAPEPTIDE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HEART FAILURE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SECRETION;

AGOUTI;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH HORMONE; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PEPTIDES; RATS;

EID: 0036634463     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075197-200207000-00007     Document Type: Review

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