Ghrelin: Update 2003

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 101-104

  Eisenstein, Julie ^a   Greenberg, Andrew ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy regulation; Ghrelin; Hormone; Obesity; Peptide

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; APPETITE STIMULANT; CORTICOTROPIN; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; THYROTROPIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CALORIC INTAKE; EATING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PEPTIDE HORMONES;

EID: 0037709958     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2003.marr.101-104     Document Type: Review

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