The role of circulating ghrelin in growth hormone (GH) secretion in freely moving male rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2517-2524

  Okimura, Yasuhiko ^a   Ukai, Kiyoharu ^b   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^c   Murata, Masahiro ^d   Iguchi, Genzo ^d   Iida, Keiji ^d   Kaji, Hidesuke ^e   Kojima, Masayasu ^f   Kangawa, Kenji ^c   Chihara, Kazuo ^d  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAKEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Department of Physiology and Biochemistry   (Japan)

^f KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Freely moving rats; GH rhythm; Ghrelin

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE[3 DEXTRO LYSINE]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

EID: 0037453209     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00147-4     Document Type: Article

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